Happy Father's Day to my Dad and all the other Dad's out there...hope you had a good one. Happy B-Day on Saturday to my good friend JoAnn!
Our weekend kind of revolved around the monster that lives in our house that we call "Jillian". We had final dress rehearsal on Friday for her recital that was held last night. When we arrived at the Junior High on Friday the janitor said they forgot to turn on the air so hopefully it would cool down before the recital. The practice took over three hours and it was miserable in there. On Saturday morning we woke up and thought the house seemed too warm...yep, the air was out again. The repair man could not make it to the house until the afternoon so it was hot and muggy in there all day. Jillian was in a bad mood all day even though she took a pretty good nap in the afternoon. I did her hair and stage makeup before we left and we all loaded in the car to head back to the school. Before we even made it to the corner she started arguing with me about why I would not agree to go to BW-3's with some people from the dance group after the recital...I told her the last place I wanted to be at 10:00 on a Saturday night was with a bunch of tired kids and crabby parents...this somehow escalated into a major tantrum...she was screaming and crying, I was crying and trying to drive, Bret was yelling and who knows what poor Tyler was doing in the middle of this chaos....this went on for the entire 30 minute drive to the school and she finally cooled it. When we entered we found that the auditorium felt pretty comfortable but the room where the kids got ready and stayed for the evening did not have any air....it was very hot. So, I re-did her hair and makeup and stayed for over three hours in that room with her while she continued to argue with me about other "little" things. She did great on both of her performances. The Mom's dance went ok....I am sure we all looked like a bunch of fools up there but I was just thankful to finally get that over with. I walked out of there exhausted and felt like I was on the verge of a complete meltdown. I came home and took another cold shower and crashed...I didn't wake up until after noon today...I guess I was tired. Today I am just really crabby and tired...this is one of those weekends I would prefer to forget....
7 comments:
Hey Jan! Well, trying times!?? I know Jillian can surely test your patience.. Pretty strong willed! Well, you guys survived it and that is behind you! What a beautiful weekend it was here! It was a fun one too! Busy, busy! JD is going to a little golf camp at Rocky Ridge. Barb is picking him up and taking him 3 out of the 5 days. (the ones Jack is working). Really nice - my older kids weren't ever really able to do that - because of my work schedule - so grateful for Barb pitching in and helping out! Well, hope this week is a good one for you! Hope your air is working again at home! We opened up our windows and let the fresh air in the past few days. Supposed to be an absolutely awesome week weather wise this week! 70's, dry and little humidity! Oh yeah.... Gotta love it! Take care. Love you! Sue
Wow, so glad that whole dance thing is over for the both of you! Couldn't have paid me enough to be in that van with all of you but it sounds like you came out of it with just a few bruises! Must have been miserable without A/C, that tends to make everyone crabby at our place. Looks like a nice week though so everything will cool off at your place and you'll have a great week, I just know it! Can't wait to see you this weekend! Love, Kay
Ho boy. Your weekend sure didn't sound fun. Hope you are recuperating inside with the air going.
Happy belated Father's Day to Bret! What a great dad he is and how lucky you are!
Make it a great week! Take care -
Libby
Yikes! I feel for ya! Raegan's first recital was filled with tears and clingyness...but at least I didn't have to get on stage too! What a great mom you are! Even if Jillian doesn't think so right now, when she's older she will appreciate all you do for her. So hang in there!
Love ya!! Linda
Whew! I'm glad you got through the dance. I don't think I could have done that. I'm going through a little of the terrible 2-3's, but it doesn't sound as bad as your monster. Hang in there, we have strong personalities on Bret's side of the family. :)
Linda C.
Jan, please email me at linda.cope@sbcglobal.net. Bret gave me your email but it keeps getting bounced back.
Hope this weekend is better than last!
Take care
Libby
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