Angry Vent - Look Out!

I don't like entertaining uninvited guests at 8am while I'm in sweats with holey knees. Especially when they get all comfy and stay for an hour. And when they bring their child, who proceeds to trash both my childrens' rooms AND my living room AND my kitchen. That's 85% of the house! I want to play outside later, but now I'm not looking forward to their being out as well. It's bringing out my grumpy side, and though I've been master of it so far, there is no telling what may occur if I'm pushed any further. I feel lava rising. Oh, and as for the reason this child is home and not at day care in the first place? Swelling and rashes unexplained by the doctors, and potentially contagious. Great time to go visiting a house with small children, don't you think? Too sick for the kids at school to be around you, but you're happy to bring pestilence to Grant and Abbie.

Angry.

I also don't like being informed that I am going to take my children to Josh's parents' house because Josh has something else to do. If he wants to make plans, shouldn't HE be making arrangements for his other responsibilities to be covered in his absence? And I have no clue why he keeps using his mom as a last minute babysitter. She never offers. His dad hates children and spends the whole time turning the volume on the tv up to drown them out. Plus, they NEVER honor my wishes for not showing the kids shows I don't approve of. Plus, plus, they just pawn them off on Mariah and don't actually watch them at all.

And why is this my problem, again? When I need to go to practice on a Thursday I take them over. So why, when it's his turn, am I STILL doing it? It wasn't my idea. He never even asked me. He just told me YESTERDAY that he won't be here for dinner, and I am left to assume from past experience that it is now part of my job to drop the kids off on my way to practice. I am damned regardless.

And then there is the part where this meeting is something we talked about, I said I wasn't willing to go out of my way for, he agreed not to do, and changed his mind.

ANGRY, ANGRY, ANGRY!

In other news, Grant woke up an a terrible mood, and has been horrible to everyone all day long. Tylar wrote that he plans to have a good day. Sadly, I cannot join him in that sentiment. I'm just trying to make it through without explosion.