Yeah it was a lazy day for me today. I woke up late (usually the kids' are my alarm clock and they've been sleeping in), got into it with "N" because he wanted to walk to school and it looked like rain to me. We were late, he would've missed his recess and stuff if we had walked. So we get off and going to school, "N" then decides to smack "O" for doing something to the door, I don't quite know considering she can't reach the door in her car seat, which leads into this whole chain reaction thing.
She wants me to carry her, doesn't want to stay with her teachers' (but when I leave she's fine), you know, kid stuff. So it takes me about 20 minutes to get out. I walk to the gym and run for about 41 minutes. It was supposed to be 45 but I was getting really tired at 38 minutes. Came home and it started raining and the cars had to be parked outside so that way the construction guys could fix my garage floor.
As I wait for them to finish I decide to take my cat outside since it's not hot anymore. He's been a real freaking jerk, it smells like pee everywhere, he never used to do that. We have moved twice since we've had him and no one has lived in this house before us. I took him out on his leash and I hope that since I let him have fun outside that he'll be nice to my inside.
I still have yet to go to the store. I'm too tired and it's too windy. Talk about lazy right? I know I have to go because we're out of water softener. It's one of my last few lazy days before I start working full time. I'm still debating on the part time job, I think I will probably quit it. I have to have the carpets steamed and clean the house before next week and buy the turkey and start letting it thaw. I just don't understand how these holidays are now so materialistic and less about being with family.
Every time I turn on the TV it's buy this for Christmas (it's even on sale). You know what's better than going into the holidays in debt right? I mean really, the kids will play with it maybe a day or so then they'll forget about it. Is it really worth it? I remember one year I made a whole bunch of homemade Christmas presents and I was shocked at some of the reactions I had gotten. It has come back to me that some would rather me not gotten them anything. What's worse was that I spent a lot of time hand making the presents.
It's a very sad day when people do that. It's not like I made them an ashtray. Its ok though, it's in the past and it's done. We were one of the people who spent a ton of money on Christmas when "N" was very young and even again when I was pregnant with "O", never again will I do that. It's hard to explain to them that they don't need everything that's on TV for Christmas, but I think they will get two things from Santa and I'm sure they'll get more from family. So don't feel sorry for them because they will still get stuff from other people.