{"id":252,"date":"2011-05-06T10:56:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-06T10:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/barefootandpregnant\/2011\/05\/7-quick-takes-friday-the-terrible-day-edition\/"},"modified":"2017-03-09T23:44:48","modified_gmt":"2017-03-10T04:44:48","slug":"7-quick-takes-friday-the-terrible-day-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/barefootandpregnant\/2011\/05\/7-quick-takes-friday-the-terrible-day-edition.html","title":{"rendered":"7 Quick Takes Friday. The Terrible Day Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>
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I always put an exclamation point after the \u201cFriday\u201d in my \u201c7 Quick Takes Friday\u201d titles. But today, I\u2019m not putting one in. Why, you ask? Because I\u2019m having a terrible day and the only thing I can think of doing to vent my frustration without making someone cry is to not put an exclamation point in the title of my quick takes today.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s right. Watch out. <\/p>\n

#7<\/div>\n
Charlotte<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n
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who was not even remotely this happy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
woke up at 6 am this morning.\u00a0<\/div>\n
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It doesn\u2019t sound like a big deal, but it was.\u00a0<\/div>\n
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It was a big deal because yesterday Liam was up at 5:30. It was a big deal because both the\u00a0 night before last and last night I was up until 1 AM working on jewelry. It was a big deal because she didn\u2019t wake up, crawl out of bed, and come into my room like a normal child.\u00a0<\/div>\n
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Oh, no.\u00a0<\/div>\n
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Charlotte woke up and began screaming at the top of her lungs while repeated hitting and kicking Sienna.\u00a0<\/div>\n
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Needless to say, I was less than pleased, and gave her a long talking-to about how she is to act when she wakes up in the morning.\u00a0<\/div>\n
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#6<\/div>\n
And Then<\/div>\n
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she bit me.\u00a0<\/div>\n
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The morning went downhill from there.\u00a0<\/div>\n
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#5<\/div>\n
I Woke the Ogre Up<\/div>\n
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about an hour and a half later so that he could take Sienna to school. I was still irritated and he could hear it in my voice. He asked what was wrong, and I opened my mouth to tell him about Charlotte waking up screaming, but instead what poured out was this:<\/div>\n
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(When you read this, make sure you read it at triple speed and imagine many sobs and hiccups working their way in between the words) <\/div>\n
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\u201cI\u2019m so tired and I have so much to do so I can\u2019t take a nap but the worst part is that even if I work really hard for the next three weeks and just get everything done it\u2019s not going to be like I\u2019ll get a break after that because I\u2019ll be in Texas alone and I won\u2019t have anyone to bounce the baby at night when he wakes up or watch the kids in the afternoon so I can have a nap and I don\u2019t know what to do because I just can\u2019t do this without youuuuuuuuuu!\u201d <\/div>\n
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#4<\/div>\n
Sparing You<\/div>\n
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suffice it to say that my long-suffering husband managed to talk me down and I was feeling so much better that I was even able to laugh when he said, \u201cYou have no idea how much self-control it took for me to not fall back asleep while you were ranting.\u201d<\/p>\n

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I even saw Sienna off to school with a smile. Then I turned around, determined to begin the day with some positive housework.<\/div>\n
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Just as I headed to the kitchen, my phone rang. <\/div>\n
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#3<\/div>\n
The Ogre Was Calling to Tell Me<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n
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Disclaimer: this is not our balcony. Our balcony is 1\/10 the size of this one and made of concrete<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
that water was pouring off our balcony.\u00a0<\/div>\n
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With a terrible, sinking feeling, I shifted the baby to my hip and went outside to see what was happening on our porch.\u00a0<\/div>\n
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As it turns out, our hot water heater in our outside storage room had broken and was spewing water. No big deal, right? After all, we live in an apartment. We don\u2019t have to pay to have these things fixed.<\/div>\n
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Except for the fact that I use the storage room to store boxes of children\u2019s and maternity clothes. Many boxes. About twenty boxes. All of which were soaked through.\u00a0<\/div>\n
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#2<\/div>\n
So Now<\/div>\n
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the laundry, which was already entirely out of control, has become a malicious being of its own, bent on total destruction.\u00a0<\/div>\n
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And it\u2019s taking me down with it. <\/div>\n
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#1<\/div>\n
It\u2019s 10 AM<\/div>\n
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and I need a drink.<\/div>\n
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Or twelve.\u00a0<\/div>\n
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For more quick takes, go see Jen<\/a>, who\u2019s only marginally more happy than I am today, though she has a better reason to be cranky.\u00a0<\/div>\n
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What\u2019s up with us? Something in the water? <\/div>\n
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