poop in the sink

so today was an epic failure of a day. not really, but by 9pm it sure felt like an epic failure. the morning seemed productive and good but i really did not sleep much so by 2 i was difficult. george and i slept [he actually built a monumental train track for the first time in his history and then fell asleep on it... i just covered him with a blanket and let him be] but when i woke up there were 1 million plus five things i had neglected and dinner and… ahh! the kicker, the final straw, was the poop in the sink. i’m a little strange about cleanliness in places we eat or bathe. that the boy pooped in his potty chair and tried to dispose of it is wonderful. but that he’d tried to rinse out the potty chair in the sink was disgusting. really gross. but then i remembered how he’d made me tea earlier and i never heard the sink run… thankfully i didn’t drink the tea but oh my how horrible.

how does one explain these things to the profs in the morning? how do i say that i really had enough of my kids and had to drink whiskey in order to preserve their well being therefore i’m really not able to function properly at 9 am? i think ‘poop in the sink’ should be enough.

we all have our breaking points and this was mine today. after laundry and meals and more laundry and cleaning and who knows what other mundane yet time and energy consuming activities happened today. poop in the sink was the crowning jewel.

i’m tired and i’m going to sleep. i didn’t make it even part way through my list of things to do today. maybe if i buy just the right sparkly pen tomorrow morning… after the conference with allegra’s teachers at 7:20 and before the 9:30 seminar… maybe then tomorrow will be better than today. and there will be no more poop in the sink.

finger’s crossed.