Remind me

Today has started out a little bit shit and I really need to make an effort to remind myself why I love Mat so much. Let me take you back to Sunday where it all began...

I went out on Sunday and left Mat with the kids for about six hours. I gave him pretty clear advice (I would say instruction but "advice" sounds a little less harsh) that he needs to make them a healthy lunch and snacks, no TV and take them outside to play even though it is wet because they love splashing in muddy puddles. Naturally, when I got home, Sophie comes racing up to me and says "Mummy, we had chippies for lunch and watched movies!!" On further probing it became clear that all they had done was watch TV and eat junk food and they hadn't ventured outside at all. Grrrr. To top it off, Sophie is now sporting a rocking new 80's fringe after she gave herself a haircut on Mat's watch. We also have a carton of blue eggs because Sophie thought it would be nice to use blue food dye, sugar and water to decorate some eggs for her Granny...the kitchen was also a lovely tinge of blue. In Mat's defence though, he was asleep at the time so how was he to know what Sophie was up to? Aggggghhh!!! 

Anyway, I got over that and then came Monday. Nothing major compared to Sunday, just a simple little thing like cleaning up the kitchen. Mat got home from work last night and within about 10 minutes, I had to go out for the evening. So naturally, he would have to be the one to clean up the kitchen for the night. I decided not to tell him to do that and just see if he would...it didn't happen. I also called him when I was driving out of the street and told him to take the kids outside to see the Moon because it looked amazing. "Yes, yes" he said but of course, Sophie revealed this morning that they did not go out and admire the stunning full moon. Sigh. 

Then there was this morning. The troubles are not really Mat's fault entirely...actually yes, yes they are. Mat has two jobs in regards to maintaining the household; feed the dog and take the wheelie bins out for collection once a week. Not too much to ask. So this morning, the rubbish truck has already been to collect the green waste bin while I have been out but of course, our bin wasn't out there. Mat didn't put the bins out last night or this morning! I have just put out the main rubbish bin so thank goodness they haven't been collected yet. 

While I was out this morning, I needed to get fuel. I put that off nearly as much as I put off doing groceries so the situation was dire. I filled up the tank and went in to pay. Declined. What the? I knew there had to be money in there so I insisted the fellow at the counter keep trying. Then I had to go and pay a $2 ATM fee just to find out that there was not enough money in that account! I cursed Mat for whatever purchase he had made on the joint card that had caused the insufficient funds...perhaps it is the package coming via airmail today that I am supposed to be signing for. Curse his eBay addiction! No worries though, I will just log on via phone banking and transfer money from my account to the joint account and pay for the fuel. Oh no, the bank lines are down and internet banking is unavailable. Agggghhh! Thank goodness I had enough cash in my purse so I didn't have to leave Elliott at the petrol station as collateral. 

Then the next frustration of the morning was my fault. I went to drop the enrollment paperwork off at Sophie's new school and braved all the backed up morning traffic to do so. I reverse parked beautifully into a space, turned the car off, took my seat belt off, then declared "shit!" I had brought all the paperwork with me, except for her darn birth certificate. So I drove back home, through the chaos of school traffic, and here I find myself venting on my blog. 

Thank goodness for this blog, it is really like an online diary and I feel so cleansed having vented on here this morning. Thanks guys for listening to my rant :) I am off to have a banana (haven't managed time for breakfast yet) and do the dishes left them from last night...my mantra today: I love my husband, I love my husband, I love my husband.      

Kate xox


PS - I just discovered (well, Elliott discovered) a whole lot of screws and screw drivers Mat has left on the coffee table in the lounge room after fixing the areal cable last night. Agggghhhh! Husbands, who would have them?!?! I love my husband, I love my husband, I love my husband.