beachgirl

the little miss left the house this morning in full tears, swollen eyes and face ... and all because of me! wow, there are days when that 8 year old makes me feel like I am riding a roller coaster - fabulous mood & fun one moment, and the world is ending the next. She, more than the boys, suffers the most when I am stressed and have a lot going on. She does not like disorder and agitation, so the simple fact that I was trying to deal with some PTO stuff this morning before I took them to school just put her in a tizzy. Do I blame her? NO! How many mornings have things been going along just fine and I decided to take a moment to deal with one small issue that turns into Mount Olympus ... but I am still going to deal with it in the 10 minutes before we go to school! What happens next, I start running around grabbing my bags & phones, finding shoes for the little guy and getting irritated with the older two because I CAN'T FIND HIS SHOES and you two don 't have your backpacks and coats on and surely it is your fault.

OMG, I am psycho ... no wonder my daughter is happy one minute and a disaster the next. She has been WELL trained!