When PC walked in the door tonight and asked how I was I told him, you know, same old same old, except with more spiders and rodents. Because in the 30 minutes prior to him getting home Mackenzie was fussy because she was tired, Nathan was having trouble listening, I was trying to get dinner ready (and by “ready” I mean removing hot dogs from package to put on the grill). This is pretty much the standard around dinnertime.  Mackenzie was screaming in her swing, Nathan was whining about how tired he was and I went out to start the grill. Im not a huge fan of this process to begin with because I’ve “given myself bangs”so-to-speak on many occasion so Im a bit timid with the grill. I turn the gas on, turn the burner on, press the ignite button…”tick tick tick tick POOF”. Burner one. Poof. Burner two. Poof. Burner three. REEEE, large SHREW hops out of the grill just inches from me and runs into the backyard. Nice. As if the ants living with us weren’t enough, now I have shrews living in my grill. I come back in, pick up the neglected baby, get Nathan started with some food, go to check on our wholesome meal hot dogs when I see a spider the size of my palm right next to the patio door. Bouncing the baby on my hip, smelling the hot dogs burning, I grab the vacuum, suck up the worlds largest spider and in walks the Capt. to save the day. 

Tell me, do your days go anything like this?

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