misshollygolightly
03-06-2009, 11:27 PM
Ugh. What a sucky birthday. Here's a list of some of the lovely "gifts" I received today: poop-splosion in DS's diaper and pants; AF (yes, started TODAY, preceded by cramps and bloating); random email notifying me that I'd missed the deadline for submitting my students' midterm grades (which I had no idea I had to do), and needed to do it ASAP (so I spent all evening grading midterm exams--which they just took on Thursday and I figured I'd have all spring break to grade); a cold that has developed into a sinus and ear infection; a cranky, fussy DS who refused to nap (took one 40 minute nap this morning after much reluctance--not helped by the smoke detector that decided to go off to alert me its batteries were dying or by the two sets of grandparents who called to wish me a happy b-day...happier if you hadn't called right when I was trying to put DS to sleep!); two phone calls w/ relatively close friends who never mentioned my b-day at all and presumably just forgot; my completely housebroken dog left me a special "surprise" under the piano (actually, it may not have been a "birthday" gift--I am ashamed to admit it, but I have no idea how long it had been sitting there, though I'm sure my crawling DS would have found it by now had it been there VERY long); hard bite on the nipple from teething DS while feeding him this afternoon; a DS who, for reasons I cannot fathom, refused to go to bed until 8:00 (an hour later than his normal bedtime), thereby cutting into my "free" time this evening even further. Ugh. So basically I spent all day cleaning up poop, taking care of a cranky, tired baby, and grading essays. Hoorah. DH did get me some thoughtful gifts and we (all three of us) went out for dinner (now that it's spring break, our two college babysitters are gone--no romantic birthday dinner for moi!). But otherwise, pretty lousy. Didn't even get anything good in the mail--just a bill and an overdue movie notice! Blurg. I feel old and irritable and I'm glad this day is nearly over...just wish it hadn't been my birthday.