Mommy List: 10 Reasons Why I’m Cranky Today
Why am I so cranky today? Hmmm, let me list the reasons.
- I didn’t sleep well. For some odd and mysterious reason, my children morphed back into newborns and determined that being up during the night was much more ideal than sleeping. Can I take a nap?
- I cooked dinner and no one ate. You’d think because I dragged myself to the grocery story, slaved over a hot stove and spent all evening in the kitchen that my kids would appreciate my yummy new recipe. Well think again! My teenager turned up his nose, my 4 year-old only wanted cheeseburgers, and my toddler found it way more amusing to fling all of his dinner onto the floor.
- I cleaned up 92 spills. Well OK, that’s probably a gross exaggeration. But it was at least 90. Every time I turn my back, someone’s cup falls over, or someone’s baggie of grapes exploded onto the floor. There is always something to clean. I should just walk around all day with one of those vacuums that magically inhales liquids.
- I stubbed my toe 3 times. On the same toy. I’m pretty sure I put it back in the toy box twice before, but as a cruel joke it has found its way back onto my path. Again.
- I didn’t lose a pound. In fact, I gained! You’d think from all the running around I’ve done all day with this turned-up bunch that I would have lost at least 5 lbs. Wrong! My Fitbit says I’ve walked 15,348 steps and I STILL managed to gain a pound. This can’t be life!
- I’m tired of the kids bickering. Why is it that there are 800 toys in my home, yet the kids fight over a single one? No matter how many times I tell them to get along and share, I hear a constant chorus of whines and cries. For this cranky mom’s sanity, please get along!
- I tried to sneak my favorite treat, but then had to share. I hit the jackpot when I saw there were only 2 Oreo cookies left and there was no one around but me. As I quietly peeled back the cookie sleeve, 4 feet came running at full speed from around the living room corner How did their supersonic ears hear that tiny cookie-sleeve ruffle? I was devastated as I watched my precious cookies popped into their little, chewing mouths while I stood salivating in awe!
- I missed my favorite show. Again. Silly of me to think I can catch up on Scandal because there is never really a quiet moment to sit down and concentrate. I have started from the beginning 7 times and never make it past scene 2. Welcome to my first world cranky problems.
- The laundry mysteriously multiplied. I’m wondering if its possible that perhaps someone broke into my home and dumped all of their dirty laundry in my basket as a cruel and unusual joke. Because surely my family couldn’t have produced this many dirty clothes in 3 days! It’s just unending! The sorting never stops. For every load I put in, I’m pretty sure 3 come back out! ugh
- I ran out of wine. No other explanation needed.
