Weekend Update

Friday: Went to Dr. Got antibiotic for sinus infection and laryngitis. Went to scrapbook night at my MOPs church. Got nothing accomplished but had fun. Home by 10 PM, both kids asleep (THANK YOU, Dave!) Then read a book, went to bed. Then stayed up all night (till 430 AM on couch coughing). Out of Delsym.
Saturday: Dave made us breakfast, went and got me some cough syrup, took Anna to her birthday party. Her first invite from preschool! He said she was very well-behaved and had lots of fun. Jonathan and I hung out at the house. He was upset that he could not go to the birthday party. It's not fair! he kept saying. I almost said Life isn't fair! but I bit my tongue because I promised myself I would not say that to MY kids (even though it is the truth!)Dave came home, took the kids out on several errands, oil change, car vacuum, grocery store, pool store... the park. I stayed home and read and took a nap. Then we went to McDs for dinner, and then took Ed a fish sandwich and visited with him and my Mom for awhile. Up all night coughing again, watched crazy infomercials again in an exhausted stupor. Fell asleep sitting up on couch and kept dreaming the informercials so not really sure when I ever slept.
Sunday: Woke up feeling (and looking) like a BEAST. Managed to pull myself together, really wanted to go to church. Great service, glad I went. Served in nursery, had lots of fun. Good Sunday. Dave left after first service, left Jonathan in Lil K, took Anna to Wal-Mart, brought me back a latte (since about to fall on my face). What would I do without him? Then he went to go paintballing with guys from church for Joe's b-day, he had so much fun! He has a lump on his head from getting hit. Not sure if that's what made it fun (boys are wierd). I took kids to BK for lunch. (shudder.) We met my brother and his family about 3:00 at the bowling alley. It was so cute to see all four cousins in their bowling shoes. Anna wanted to bowl, but I think the girl had to come at least 4 times to rescue her stalled ball (DEAD BALL ON LANE 13! they kept announcing.) She looked so INSANELY cute! Surely they did not mind! We were going to go to Jason's (Uncle JayJay and Aunt Nee-nee, as Anna calls them) for Chinese takeout, but Jonathan had the mother of all public meltdowns. I really don't know what it was about, something to do with the arcade. But he completely flipped out, worst fit EVER! Then we said, if you don't stop, we aren't going to Jason's. He didn't stop. So we didn't go. (Don't you hate it when you make a threat that you don't want to follow through on but then you have to?)
But then he started running around the parking lot, punching me, busting out of his seatbelt over and over again, he had completely lost his mind. I thought about spanking him but decided we had already attracted so much attention someone would probably call the police on me. I was certain he was going to make himself vomit masses of cherry coke and french fries all over the car on the way home. He was still crying about not getting to go a couple of hours later when I was tucking him in bed, but in a pitiful, sniffly way. So, bowling was fun, but not worth the utter humiliation that followed. I swear, he only ever has fits in front of my brother and his wife. Therefore, they have every reason to assume he is always in a state of fit and is a total brat. Which I know is not the truth. But after yesterday, I just don't know! Then Dave brought Chinese home. The kids chowed down happily. Lots of fits and conflicts and throwing things until bedtime. Completely defeated, think I am a horrible mother. But it's not like I can say, Hey, I've decided this job really isn't the right fit for me. I can't exactly put in my two weeks notice and walk away.