Back to reality

Last weekend, daddyG and i had a lovely little break from Monkey. My mom took him from Friday night to Sunday afternoon. It was definitely a much needed and well deserved break from the little monster. Last week was a horror show, as you all remember from the previous post. Being childless for the weekend was so refreshing. DaddyG and I accomplished several house hold chores, planted some new shrubs and flowers, ate out almost every single meal, woke up when we wanted (which happened to be 6am, even without being awakened by a child), and various other tasks. It was productive, but not too relaxing. Oh yeah and I was able to squeeze in some retail therapy in the busy weekend. DaddyG wasn't too happy, but he got over it.

So Monkey has returned and is as cranky as ever. I thinks he gets use to being ridiculously spoiled at my mother's and then can't handle the fact that we're not playing with him every second of the day. My mom basically turns him in to a monster. And then it takes me a solid 2 days once he's home to turn him around and get back in to a normal routine. I almost completely flipped out on him yesterday, but I managed to hold it together. Thankfully I have my trusty ole' neighbor/best friend, Stacey, to keep my sane.

Oh and my newest adventure, staining the deck. DaddyG and I took on this task Sunday morning. It sucked asshole. Apparently using a sprayer is much easier, but being the poor, one income family that we are, we slabbed the freakin' stain on with brushes. It took a solid 4 hours and we didn't even finish it. We ran out of stain. DaddyG is still pickin' away at it. He finished the floor part last night and guess what happened? It poured. Uh oh. It appears to have survived the rain, but we'll see.

One more rant. I bought Aidan his first pair of REAL sneakers today. I'm almost too embarassed to say how much i spent. Kids shoes are fucking ridiculously over-priced.
$47.Can you believe it. I barely paid that for my sneakers. Oh and not to mention that he will be growing out them by Septmeber. Don't get me wrong, they're super nice sneakers, but come on, that's a little out of control.

P.S. My current read - My Sisters Keeper by Jodi Picoult. Great book.