Friday, September 21, 2007

LUNCH TIME TRAFFIC.....

I absolutely hate having to run errands on my lunch break.....I live in a city with a population of around 180,000 people and I swear to all that is holy, that everyone was out during my lunch break....I sat through four light changes at one intersection. My life is always stressful, from the minute my feet hit the floor in the morning, until I drop exhausted at night....Sometimes, going to work is the only "break" I get. I am sure there are many other women/moms out there that are in the exact situation as I am...so, anyway...Some days, I prefer to just shut my office door, have peace and quiet for one solitary hour.
Alas...today, that was not to be. My third child (A) is turning eight years old this Sunday, I am giving him a birthday party Saturday evening, so you guessed it...lot's of errands to run today on my lunch break....first to Toy's R Us to pick up a couple of gifts A has had his eye on for a while...he is really into die cast scaled diorama war sets...kind of like G.I.Joe, but on a smaller level...anything camouflaged and army related he loves. At eight years old, he knows already he wants to join the Army when he grows up....so, his fascination with all things army.
Anyway, after leaving Toy's R Us....I had to go to the Halloween store, (clear on the other side of town) to pick up some "army" toy accessories he had seen there a few days ago...(My family loves Halloween-so we start our shopping/decorating really early)....after leaving there, back to the opposite side of town again to the Factory Card Outlet, for wrapping paper/party supplies. Whew!!! I am exhausted....wished I could have taken care of some of it earlier in the week, but since today is payday, our budget did not allow it.
(A) is so excited for his party....I am trying to keep things on a smaller scale this year, than last year (that party is another whole post in itself), so I invited close family, four of his friends over to my house this year. We are keeping things rather simple....camouflaged decorations, camouflaged cake, pizza, ice-cream, etc....I invited the four boys, along with all four of my boys, to a sleep-over....Come to the party, bring your sleeping bags, stay the night...but that is not all....I had the freaking brilliant idea to "TAKE THEM TO PLAY LAZER TAG"!!!!!! What the h-ll was I thinking????? Oh, Well.....like I said (A) is excited.....Hopefully, I can post and show pictures sometime over the weekend. Wish me luck....I will need it. Guess I am a glutton for punishment, but kids.....gotta love them...I do very much. So, I always try to make happy memories for them....birthdays have to be special!
Later, gators!

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