Chaotic morning, as usual
Alright I confess that I’ve been staying up too late. Then I sleep in until one of the kids wakes me up with demands. It isn’t the best way to run a household. Ideally I’d be awake before the kids and have breakfast mostly ready by the time they wake up. Instead I roll out of bed to meet the imediate demand. That demand is followed by another and another as more kids wake up and need stuff. This morning I chased demands for almost an hour trying to get everybody settled so that I could make breakfast. I hate having to ignore a screaming child while I scramble eggs. But the root of the demands was that everyone was cranky from hunger. As usual I realized that I could not get everyone happy before I fed them, which meant that inevitably someone would feel their needs were being ignored while I made breakfast.
Breakfast was made. Then breakfast was complained about. Then I threw a mini tantrum complaining that no matter what I cook someone always complains. And everyone expects me to jump to answer their whims. Four wide-eyed children finished thier eggs without further commentary.
Not such a good morning. I’m hoping to make the rest of the day better, which is why I’m venting in here. Maybe that will allow me to be nicer to my kids. After all I’m supposed to be the grown up here not another tantrum throwing, complaining child.