1) Having your husband get delayed! Again! PC keeps telling me all this is just circumstantial. Im wondering at what point you stop calling it “circumstances” and start calling it The Way It Is.

2) Being woken up at 11pm, 2am, and 6am by a little girl who just thinks its time to have girl talk, and maybe a little snack while we chat.

3) Being woken up promptly at 3am with a 3 yr old inches from my face telling me in a loud whisper “mom…..theres a wah-coon (raccoon) in my room.” I told him there wasn’t and he insisted there was. So we both marched back into his room. He kept pointing to the corner of his bed telling me that is where the raccoon was. After we tore apart his entire bed, pulling off all the blankets and pillows he agreed to get back in bed. At this point I was fully wide awake and contemplated surfing the internet. I must admit though this morning I was a little concerned at the possibility of there actually being a creature in the house. Nathan has this awful habit of leaving the door wide open if we are outside playing and he comes back inside to get something. It wouldn’t be unthinkable, I suppose, for something to meander inside while no one was looking.

4) Being grouchy and unpleasant to be around because Im so sleep deprived.

5) Being thoroughly annoyed with the Gap for “changing their shipping policies temporarily” so things are now taking 30 business days to get here. I wouldn’t have ordered stuff for Mackenzie in size 3-6 months if I knew it was going to take almost FIFTY days to get here, thereby negating half of their useful life. I complained and they sent me the generous gift of 10% off my next purchase. Wow, thats just half as good as the 20% off coupon you can find readily on the internet currently. Twerps.

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