It's been a long day.
I've got this cough/headache thing going on, and so am not armed with the proper amount of energy to meet all the demands of this little household.
After
-fighting with my 4-year old over every single meal and snack today
-helping one daughter learn the in's and out's of least common denominators and mixed numbers
-constantly telling my 2-year old to stop harassing the baby
-helping the other daughter finish her composition report on kangaroos-(did you know they can go up to 4 months without water and like to regurgitate their food?)--anyway...
-pulling out countless games and activities for my little boys to play--er, mess up the house-- with
-and just really trying to resist the urge to head straight back up to bed....
I go to pull the clean laundry out of the washer, and find the brilliant geniuses of pull-up engineering have graced me with one more delight in my day.
Does anyone else not think it is high time, no make that way past time, for them to come up with a pull-up that does not use the nasty gel beads? Turns out a pull-up was craftily hidden in my little boy's jammie pants, then placed in the pile of dirty laundry to be thrown in and washed with a whole load of clothes. Whether or not it was a clean pull-up was not for me to contemplate, as it was certainly clean now. But those familiar with this scenario or one similar to it, know that my entire load of laundry was positively covered in those totally sicko sticky little gel beads, having exploded out of the pull-up and into every nook and cranny of every piece of clothing in the machine. And furthermore, one would know that you can't just restart the machine and run the load a second time to rinse it all out....
No, you have to pull out each and every item and shake it individually, and then rinse it and wring it and wash it all over again. And in the process, as you shake out the items and try not to totally gag, those nasty little gel beads cling to everything they come in contact with, including you. I was sorely tempted to just throw the whole load of laundry in the garbage and forget it.
Do I sound environmentally friendly now or what?
What's a mom to do? Besides triple-check every pair of p.j. bottoms for a stealthily planted pull-up bomb...
5 comments:
sorry you are feeling crummy! we haven't had to deal with any potty training issues.....yet. but i do recall this happening to Angie not too long ago, she felt the same way;)
Oh, soooo sad! I feel for you on that one! I hate those little beads too. I sounds like it was a crazy day at school, but I sure loved the pictures!! I think you should get mother of the year award for 2009!!!
Believe me, what I really deserve is the Meanest Mom Award. ;)
Ugh, I did that not too long ago. It was gross! Beads everywhere. Plus it was really stinky! I had to re-wash that load twice!
I doubt you'll ever get the meanest mom award! It looks like your home is filled with love!
Been there with that too! It sucks! I don't know how you do it, but you make a crummy situation sound funny. Even when I know how horrible it is. Thanks for the laugh. :)
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