oh, this week of mine
this week was an odd one. full of ups and downs. so i guess not that odd after all...my week in a nutshell went like this:
mostly a lot of crap and some small glimmers of hope for smiling. the glimmers were talking to jen and suzanne (ah, sanity) and having the husby of the year at my side, letting me cry my eyes out over a bunch of nothing.
"bunch of nothing" (n): may include, but is not limited to, discovering the cats have terrible cases of fleas without giving me the slightest inkling via scratching/licking/biting/looking distressed/etc, advantage-ing said fleay cats and having them freak out and hate me for, well, only a short while i guess, sammy breaking one of my bird plates (my favorite one as it so happens, with a beautiful ee cummings quote stamped into it) because he just HAD to get into the kitchen window, washing and drying the worst rug ever (it takes about 5 or 6 rinse cycles just to get the soap out...and drying it?? forget it.), trying to handle my mom who is one of my favorite people in the world but when she gets long-term-whiny i lose my cool, dealing with my sister who lies and takes advantage of and doesn't even bat an eyelash..who doesn't mind chatting online all day at work and getting paid for it, hearing that my grandma fell down in the movie theater and bruised her face a bit (and yes she is fine thank goodness and in better spirits than ever), finding out we won't be getting any kind of tax refund next year...so disappointing, and having the kind of cramps that, had eve known such pain she would have also known that there is no apple that delicious.
but let me tell you, when i walked into the house tonight, hands full of delicious food from cpk, there were my boys, waiting for me with open arms and paws. i sank into ben's arms and could have fallen asleep that very minute. and the boys have been so cuddly and comforting. how could anyone ask for anything more or better?
looking back, it is easy to admit that this was just not my week. and i'm ok with that. i know that's how it goes. i DO know that next weekend we get to buy our christmas tree and decorate it (SO FUN). and the weekend after that all of my girls and their respectives are going to celebrate this beautiful holiday season with us (CANNOT WAIT). and the weekend after that is christmas-time or post-christmas-time (OH HAPPY HAPPY). and the weekend after that is january...
YIKES!!!
i need to slow down a bit...and breathe...
mostly a lot of crap and some small glimmers of hope for smiling. the glimmers were talking to jen and suzanne (ah, sanity) and having the husby of the year at my side, letting me cry my eyes out over a bunch of nothing.
"bunch of nothing" (n): may include, but is not limited to, discovering the cats have terrible cases of fleas without giving me the slightest inkling via scratching/licking/biting/looking distressed/etc, advantage-ing said fleay cats and having them freak out and hate me for, well, only a short while i guess, sammy breaking one of my bird plates (my favorite one as it so happens, with a beautiful ee cummings quote stamped into it) because he just HAD to get into the kitchen window, washing and drying the worst rug ever (it takes about 5 or 6 rinse cycles just to get the soap out...and drying it?? forget it.), trying to handle my mom who is one of my favorite people in the world but when she gets long-term-whiny i lose my cool, dealing with my sister who lies and takes advantage of and doesn't even bat an eyelash..who doesn't mind chatting online all day at work and getting paid for it, hearing that my grandma fell down in the movie theater and bruised her face a bit (and yes she is fine thank goodness and in better spirits than ever), finding out we won't be getting any kind of tax refund next year...so disappointing, and having the kind of cramps that, had eve known such pain she would have also known that there is no apple that delicious.
but let me tell you, when i walked into the house tonight, hands full of delicious food from cpk, there were my boys, waiting for me with open arms and paws. i sank into ben's arms and could have fallen asleep that very minute. and the boys have been so cuddly and comforting. how could anyone ask for anything more or better?
looking back, it is easy to admit that this was just not my week. and i'm ok with that. i know that's how it goes. i DO know that next weekend we get to buy our christmas tree and decorate it (SO FUN). and the weekend after that all of my girls and their respectives are going to celebrate this beautiful holiday season with us (CANNOT WAIT). and the weekend after that is christmas-time or post-christmas-time (OH HAPPY HAPPY). and the weekend after that is january...
YIKES!!!
i need to slow down a bit...and breathe...
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