Who Wants to Cheer Me Up?

I'm feeling down.

I got turned down for another job yesterday, and busily took the kids everywhere and Josh didn't even show up to watch Abbie's game.  They won, by the way.  I am also directly involved in taiko PR drama.  We are offering a class.  We put up an advertisement to sign up.  A lady wrote on the post that she had heard the class was cancelled.  This all happened yesterday morning.  Knowing that this post about cancelling was not good for business, I wrote PR and asked if the class was cancelled.  They said no.  I passed that on.  Come to find out, Helena had written this lady an email because the class didn't make.  Well, that was why we were advertising it again.  Lack of communications - not my fault.  Hasty acceptance that class wasn't cancelled - my fault.  Now I have to email the lady to tell her she was right and the class is cancelled, but this whole thing has caused so much trouble that I don't trust myself to say the right thing!

Abbie will have to move down a class for swim lessons.  Tricky situation, since she stayed in this same class last session, but this time they don't think she's good enough.  Hoping for the best.  I told the kids in the evening to be sure to pack water for the games and practices, but they drank all theirs and then decided they were entitled to mine.

I meant to be so up-beat today.  Now I find myself speaking angrily to the kids when they do imperfect things, like reading over my shoulder or argue with each other or leave light on or stuff on the floor.

Don't know how to start today over, but I would.

I finished A Room With a View.  The only character I liked was Mr. Beebe.  And maybe Freddie.  So, it wasn't really the most fun read ever.  It's done, though.  I haven't thought about what to read next.

I'm supposed to clean the house today.  The floors are extra bad, because the heat is making the dogs shed.  Callie doesn't like going out in the hot weather, either.  I have to say, "Outside!" in the angry voice to get her to go, and she still tries to slink away.  I feel bad, but what can one do?

Abbie is trying to sing this song:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmlhRkCDgQs  ...except she doesn't speak German. 

Anyway, the day is escaping.  Off I go to do...stuff.