Last Minute Madness

If you were the type of kid that left all their home work til the night before it was due you might also be the type of person who leaves the out of control mess in their house til the night before the in laws come. That’s a thing right.

In my defence it’s been a shit few weeks. First Miss 7 pointed out what was obviously a termite nest on the interior garage wall. She says to me ‘is that a termite nest’. Pics sent to my brother in law to his exterminator mate say yes. Fuck.

Termite problem is isolated to the garage so it’s good we caught it early-ish. So glad Miss 7 is a ‘good looker’ and avid watcher of random YouTube videos. Take that ‘no screen time’ parents. YouTube saved my home.

So that was last week. This week is both my kids’ birthday weeks (apparently I’m only fertile once a year like a goddamn animal). Which is amazing except no one wants to sleep and everyone gets all over excited then ends up in a screaming mess.

And I had to see the gyno this week which is like seeing the dentist except you have to take your pants off and the pain is much lower. And then they tell you ‘it’s almost never cancer’ which to someone who has anxiety sounds exactly like ‘you’re definitely going to die’. So now I have cramps, spotting and insomnia.

Oh and btw, if your husband was the type of kid who refused to do any kind of homework at all, he’s probably not going to clean before his parents come over either. He’s still got tomorrow morning. Send thoughts and prayers.

I did the quick things tonight as best I could. Or as best I could be bothered, shut up I have back ache and cramps.

So tomorrow we have Miss 7s Birthday, presents first thing,work for me, school for Miss 7, inlaws arrive, inlaws take kids to their dance performance, I come home with Maccas. Then Saturday we have a park party with friends and Sunday we have party with my family coming over. I’ve done next to zero prep for any of this and I know it’s gonna be too much for the kids too. And there will definitely be tantrums, and I will definitely take naps.

I am not going to give myself crap about this. I am who I am. Like there is a donut tower coming to the park with us. I didn’t make it but I paid for it and had the idea. There will probably be lots of packets of stuff I bought at IGA on the way and I’m cool with that.

My house could look better but I’m not the only one who lives here. I could get everyone to do a little something everyday or pick up after themselves. I also believe you can’t teach what you don’t know. And I’m just a girl, looking at her homework she got at the start of term, saying to herself ‘shit, this was a lot more complicated than I thought, I really should have started earlier.’