Mixed Feelings

Thursday was a two star day
I can’t decide if it was a two or three star day. It should have been a three, but looking at each of the smaller parts, they didn’t seem that great. The plan was to leave Monster with Auntie, and I would go to the Sate Fair with my mom and daughter. Late Wednesday night, I got a call from Auntie canceling for the day, and I ended up bringing both kids along.

While at the fair, Daughter was just not herself. She was demanding, whiny, and even ran off once or twice. She just didn’t listen and got herself into a time-out. Since we were walking around, the “corner” ended up riding on the stroller and made to be quiet. My mom got frustrated with her, and voiced it a few times. Daughter was just so out of character, it either had to sugar high, the excitement of the fair (most unlikely) or stress from the upcoming changes.

In the car, she got teary-eyed and told me she wanted me to stay with her at school on Monday. Getting on the bus isn’t scary to her, she did that for summer camp, but we will have to wait and see come Monday. My plan is to drop her at the bus, then meet the bus at school and help her get to her class. If it ends up where she won’t get on the bus, we will just walk over together and try again Tuesday.

While at the open house, I signed up to help in the hallways Thursday morning. I will help the little kids get off the bus and into the right classroom.

On the way home from the fair, Monster fell asleep, and so did I. I was so drowsy driving and I started to get a migraine on top of it. I felt it coming earlier that morning, but never delivered. Even though Monster woke up when we got home, I put him to bed so that I could lay down. I gave myself an injection for the migraine and dozed off while Daughter watched tv and ate cheese-its.

The rest of the evening I felt tired, my feet hurt after the four miles at the fair, and Daughter was crazy and didn’t listen very well. I didn’t feel like I had a good day, even though I had a good time at the fair minus all the drama with Daughter. There was a lot of excitement, which made the day go quick, but I guess some of that excitement was negative. Not the way I wanted my fair experience to be.