we're really into wii around here. there are so many fun and diverse games to play. flying through the air while flapping your arms, sword fighting, archery, frisbee golf. most of the games are testing your balance, your sense of concentration and coordination.
but it hit me today. i live in my own wii game. it's a constant test of my emotional balance, my sense of concentration and my coordination.
take for instance today in the grocery store.
-3 kids
-2 walking on their own.
-you have to push the cart, hold your list, entertain the baby.
-oop! the baby dropped their toy - you must pick it up.
-keep your eye on the 2 walking kids. keeping them off the floor and be careful not to run into their heels.
-oop! you hit a heel. major points deducted!
-remember the point is to get food off the shelf and and into your cart. remember to get your whole list you don't want to come back tomorrow.
-oop! husband calling on the cell. pick up cell, coordinate pick up times, push the cart, entertain the baby, keep older 2 from pulling things off the shelf.
-hurry, time is running out. you only have so much time between naps. baby hasn't eaten lunch yet and missed morning nap. your window of opportunity is quickly diminishing.
-keep older two within eye sight, even while checking out. this tends to be the hardest point of the game, toys and candy tempting them everywhere they look. keep them under control and your emotions under control as all the checkers watch how you do out of the corner of their eye.
-hurry out to the car in the 96 degree heat. make sure you do things in the proper order.
-open van door, tell older two to get in. walk around to other side, start a/c. get baby out of cart, strap baby, strap toddler. unload groceries quickly...they are melting. put cart away.
-PHEW! you made it.
score:
emotional balance - good: i kept kids occupied and didn't lose my cool.
sense of concentration - unmeasurable: not sure if i remembered my whole list or not yet.
coordination - average: hitting the heel with cart really deducted points and cost a lot of time, BUT the baby was entertained and happy for the majority of the trip.
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So true and hilarious.
If this were a Facebook status I'd be clicking "Like.
Hilarious! I just went grocery shopping today and felt all of that too. So funny!
nat! this kills me! love the deductions for hitting the cart into their heels. brought back such memories!
you are right--this is your life right now! every day, all day long. exhausting, yet so rewarding. someday soon you will drop them off at college. and because of all the millions of interactions, that now seem so mundane and insignificant, they will be okay.
Oh how I resonate with this description! Too funny.
Funny! That is going to make my next shopping trip so much more fun "OOPS! POINTS DEDUCTED! SORRRRYYYY!"
this was stinking hilarious
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