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Say What?

I have definitely had a “Say What?” kinda day. First of all, my youngest daughter Niara wakes up, comes to me with her hands hiding behind her back. “I know you’re going to get mad Mommy.” “What did you do Niara?” “Well, the new food coloring that you bought for the science experiment…well…I….” She took two steps backward AND she started with the crocodile tears. I knew this was going to be a doozie. ” See, Mommy.” And out she came with the reddest hands I have ever seen. I wanted to scream, but instead I got my daughter’s camera and took a picture of her hands and her little pitiful face. You say where’s the picture, huh?

Well, my second Say What was when I asked my oldest daughter to download the picture for me. “Sure, mommy.” I told her that I was going to use it on my blog and I needed a copy emailed to me. Somehow she missed the instructions after downloading. Now, I’m out of town and I have no picture. This weekend is the first time I’ve been home since Christmas and I come into my parent’s office after an exhausting road trip. (Not exhausting as a trip, but anything that you attempt with five kids is just bigger and more tiring…wow language is starting to get weird to me, but you get my drift). Guess what? My mother has changed all of her rooms around, but more importantly, she has a new computer with all of the bells and whistles which includes a HUGE 21 in’ flat screen monitor. I looked at it and said, “Say What?” She explained to me that she hasn’t read the manual, hasn’t properly hooked it up for it to be fully functional and all she does mostly is play free cell and check airfare on Southwest. This computer (I’m using it now) is so much faster than my PC at home and as much I try not to be mad at my techno-novice pretending to be a geek mother, I do wish she would stop getting all of this stuff that she doesn’t know how to use and then try to get me to show her how to use it. Yeah, add tech support to my long list of duties.

Lastly, I want you to know that I am very excited about going to Cape Cod/Martha’s Vineyard this weekend. I have always wanted to go there and I am glad that my sisters, my mom and I are going. I rarely go out on vacation especially if something is going on with the kids and can you believe that after planning t go somewhere that I’ve really wanted to go, two of my children came down with something on our way to Michigan. My youngest daughter is sneezing, the baby is coughing and I’m thinking in my head, ” Say What? You can’t be serious that they are getting sick the weekend that I am going away. The baby won’t take any medicine/won’t eat any food (which is HUGE) and it sounds like he’s wheezing as in asthma. I can’t believe all that happened to me in a short span of time. I’m working on not feeling guilty about leaving the kids with my in-laws while 2 of them aren’t feeling well.

Did I mention that I have to be at the airport at 4:45 a.m. EST? Did I share with you that I haven’t slept in several days? How about the fact that I went to library to get me some novels (since I only read novels when I travel and I left them all at home? I hope that I can access the Internet while I’m away. I have to share with you all about my travels.

Thanks for letting me vent a little.

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