Things on Tuesday, May 6/08

(Yeah... that was a little bit painful.)

Things I loathe:

• Teething.  I mean... I see the need for molars, but man... can't they just teleport through the poor little tender baby gums?
• Just about everything.  I'm in a terrible mood and everything is irritating me these days!  Everything!!
• Closed-mindedness; an unwillingness to try new things; snobbery; stupid attitude for no freakin' reason.
• M's school rips us off on tuition (imo), gives no perq's to show for it, and then charges us extra for just about anything they can think to charge us for.  (But oh, the teachers themselves hug and kiss her lots, so I forgive them... sort of.)
• Having to keep my mouth shut about things that piss me off in order to keep the peace, or you know, to try to be a kind and pleasant person.  Bleah.
  

Things I love:

• Two days in a row of being home alone with the kids.  Visitors are nice, days with M at the grandparents' so I can run errands or do one-on-one stuff with H are nice, but after too many of those I just want to sink back into our quiet little routine with just the three of us.  We go to the park, walk for lunch, do crafts, read books, and just do our regular stuff.
• Free stuff.  Free anything is good, but free books and magazines and free chocolate must certainly top the list.  And for Canadians, for once!
  
• Day six or seven with no meltdowns or tantrums of any kind.  Thank goodness, since, well, see the above 'loathe' about teething.  One cranky kid at a time is enough.
• My longest stretch (four hours!) alone without the kids last week when G took them to his parents' for dinner.  I walked to do a bit of shopping (and not grocery shopping, either!), stopped to read my book over a cup of tea, then came home and baked a simple snack cake and made a huge pot of lentil soup. 
• And best of all!  At the end of the above alone time, they all came in.  It was so late.  M walked over to me and cuddled into one arm.  H rushed over to me and cuddled into the other arm, whimpering a little, but not too unhappy.  And they were both too tired to actually fight with each other over who got the prime hugging spot, so I got the best, cuddliest, snuggliest, cosiest hug from my two favourite people on earth at the same time.  Heaven!
• Medical coverage!  Finally!