Ever have one of those days where you wish you'd never gotten out of bed? That was my day yesterday. It started when I woke up in a cold medicine induced stupor, so my brain wasn't working from the very beginning. It took me forever to get moving even after a shower, 2 cups of coffee and a can of Mountain Dew. It wasn't until the daytime cold medicine started to kick in that I actually felt somewhat normal and functional. In the meantime, JC got out of the house without his jacket and I had to chase him down to the bus stop to make him put it on.
After he left I was trying to get some stuff done before leaving for work, but everything I touched seemed to fall apart. I was planning on leaving a little early for work because I had to run to the post office, but in my rush to get out the door I locked my keys in the house. I had to walk across the field to my SIL's. She gave me a ride up to Hubby's work so I could get the keys and took me home. By this time I was running about 15-20 minutes behind. I had to rush to work and made it about 10 minutes before recess started. It's my job to unlock doors, bring the balls & jump ropes out, set up the tether balls, check out the playground, wipe up any standing water, ect. Basically get the playground ready before the kids come out. Ten minutes isn't enough time to do all that, so some stuff, like wiping the slides, didn't get done. I felt really bad but what could I do?
When my shift was over I was pulled aside and asked if there was anything wrong, because I'm usually so on top of everything. I explained I had a bad morning and was running late and did what I could get done, but wasn't able to fit everything in the time I had to do it in and promised that was a very rare occurrence.
I stayed after my shift and did some volunteer work, because I had a meeting with JC's teacher right after school so I didn't seem much point in going home and having to come back in 2 hours. I met with his teacher and we discussed some missing assignments and found that he's not always bringing his homework home. She gave him a list of all the assignments that were missing and incomplete. We made sure he brought everything home including the homework that was assigned that day.
The meeting lasted longer than I had anticipated, so as soon as we got out the meeting I had to rush home, drop JC off with Hybby and quickly show Hubby all the homework JC had, pick Funky Princess and take her to Sylvan. We got to Sylvan at exactly 5:00. I dropped her off and went to run some errands.
My first stop was the yarn store (the one I went to last week and got lost). I'm still trying to find an alternative route. So far I've been unsuccessful. Again I drove around for a good 30 minutes trying to figure out were I was and how to get there from here. When will the road construction end?
After the yarn shop, I had to make my way back up towards Sylvan to hit Office Max and Walmart. Everywhere I went it seem the universe was conspiring against me. At Office Max I think the cashier was a trainee and he was the only register open. Walmart was just crazy. Lots of people there doing after work errands just like me. I didn't get back to Sylvan until 6:40 and Funky Princess gets out at 7:00. I was hoping to use some of my waiting time to knit but that didn't happen. Instead I cleaned out the car, which has been a mess for a couple weeks and was driving me nuts.
Funky Princess and I got home at 7:30, luckily Hubby was making supper, but JC was still doing homework. After supper I had to sit down with him and help him with his homework. We were up until 10:00 doing homework. After the crazy day I had I was happy to turn off the lights and go to bed.