Today, 6 years ago, I was due with my youngest son. But, the due date came and went. I waddled around with his head basically hanging out of my vagina until December 23rd.

Today, 6 years later, I’m bloated, crabby and PMS’y.

This probably has to do with the fact that the kids AND my husband are ALL home until January 4th. That is OVER two weeks. Of them being home. Whining, complaining, making messes and not cleaning them, demanding, crying.

Oh yes, prolonged family time. Oh, the joy and excitement.

You want to know what amazes me? Sure ya do! Well, all week long, the “other” parents hardly see their kids. Maybe one dinner during the week. Maybe not even that much. Saturday, “their day” comes. The kids wake up early due to the excitement of seeing their “other” parent.

And they have to chase them down.

The kids have to call their parents, usually waking them from a sound sleep. At 11am on a Saturday. Just to find out if they are even seeing them and what time they should expect their arrival.

Seriously?!

And sometimes, after these kids have been looking forward all week to seeing their beloved parent, that they barely see during the week, on Saturday…that parent didn’t fit their child into their very busy, fully loaded plate type weekend. And they don’t show up.

It has been known to happen.

These kids, from both my first marriage and my husbands, are burdened with the fact that they don’t necessarily always come first in the lives of their non-custodial parent.

And that sucks for these kids.

It also sucks for us because we have to deal with the hurt feelings and try to make them as better as we can while trying to not say some choice words about the neglectful and selfish parent.

Not to mention that it affects our life. It does! Because, the benefit of divorce, if you can even consider this to be a benefit, is to not have the ALL the kids ALL weekend long.

To have our time.

And it doesn’t EVER work like that. But THAT isn’t always a bad thing.

Anyways, not to dwell on the fact of our life here. On to bigger and more important things.

Zhu Zhu pets!

While so many people are waiting in line at Wal-Mart and Toys R Us at 6 a.m in hopes of getting these REALLY STUPID looking toys…

I scored 6 of them at CVS. I did!! AND. I got a little Zhu Zhu Pet Carrier and Zhu Zhu Pet blanket. My two youngest ones are going to be so excited!!

So lean in close.

Call your local surrounding CVS stores. They keep getting small shipments in. Instead of waiting in line at the buttcrack of dawn for these ridiculous little critters that are ugly and make stupid noises, drive right on past those pathetic people standing in the cold, shivering. Wave. And head to the CVS.

Because THAT is how I spent my GNO last night. Oh yes. We sure did. We went for sushi. We got a chai latte at Target. And then, we hit all the local CVS drugstores.

I hang with some seriously wild women.

I kept having flashbacks of the Beanie Baby days when I spent 1997 hitting all the stores who were expecting those silly little stuffed animals.

Living on the edge.

BUT.

My kids are my full plate, busy type schedule.

Have a good Saturday! Off to buy goody bags and stuff for my son’s birthday party tomorrow!!
XOXO