Sigh... After I picked up Eowyn from school last night, it was seriously one meltdown after another. She was upset that there were no more strawberry fruit snacks, she broke her new Pinocchio DVD in half (and was more upset when she found out that Mommy couldn't fix it), she couldn't find her Dolphin magnet thing... or her Mermaid doll (I think they are both at James'). I have been trying to discuss her 'problems' with her as she starts melting down, and then kind of ignoring it by going back to making dinner or whatever it is that I was doing. You know, acknowledge the problem... and if she isn't receptive, then I move on. When dinner was ready, I went and found her laying under the coffee table with tears and snot streaming down her face. She was at the point where she would let me hold her and tell her that I love her and that she can talk to me if she has things that are bothering her.
HA! What do I expect? She's not even 3 yet. Her idea of fixing a problem is for Mommy to magically summon the fairy of strawberry fruit snacks so that there will be more in the house... Lol.
Anyways... The plus side of meltdowns... It seems to increase the appetite of small children. Last night she chowed down her dinner... it almost seemed like she was having a hard time breathing between bites. Lol.
After dinner, Eowyn had a nice long tubby. She got all winkwy (wrinkly) and then we played a matching game with her Nemo cards on my bed. She only got out of bed once, after I put her down for the night. Then she didn't wake up until this morning.... though she had taken off her PJs and was standing in her room in just her Pull-Up when I went to get her. Lol. She's strange.
I was so exhausted last night. After abusing my body at the gym and hardly getting any sleep the night before, then dealing with the multiple meltdowns of Eowyn, I thought I was going to pass out at 8pm (right after I put Eowyn in bed). I had been tossing around the option of NOT watching Lost. I had missed the new episode last week, but could get caught up this week (they play the most recent episode before the new episode each week). I blew it off. I've been watching Lost more out of habit and the fact that I have invested 4 years in watching it. This season is not grabbing me and has become completely different. The people are there, but it's as if there is a new team of writers that didn't even bother watching the prior shows.
...So... at the point of no return, I opted to read my book instead of catching up on Lost. I feel... almost free... But there is a hint of regret. I can always rent this season after it comes out on DVD. Save myself the agony of dealing with commercial breaks every 10 minutes...
My book is getting pretty good. After I banned it for about a week for having a 42 page prologue, I finally started reading it again. Lol. Some of the characters are pretty funny. I was very surprised that one of them started dropping the F-bomb all over the place. I was actually having a hard time NOT laughing out loud while I read. I'm really a big fan of how Guy Gavriel Kay writes.
I also had a little time (before my mind rendered me completely useless from exhaustion) to make sure that someone knew that they are a good person and hopefully helped them feel better about themself. Sometimes things don't work out. But it's not due to the fault of one person or another. It's just the way this crazy world works.
Though... I do fault the fact that there is no Strawberry Fruit Snack fairy to help bail me out of potential meltdowns.
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