Just call me Grumpy
January 7, 2009 by Christine
Filed under family life, rants
My husband so lovingly informed me this evening that I am grumpy.
Maybe I am grumpy because my neck is out, and has been for over a week. I guess it’s my fault… I haven’t made a chiropractic appointment.
Maybe I’m grumpy because I have to tell Ethan to take the rollerblades off a million time before he actually hears me. And then I have to tell Zach.
Maybe I’m grumpy because I can spend a good chunk of time teaching – ie, discussing, showing, demonstrating, drawing, pointing out – what oblique, vertical, and horizontal lines are, only to have Julia tell me she doesn’t know when I ask her at dinner.
Maybe I’m grumpy because I have slipped on puddles of water in various places, way too many times, due to the fact that Noah loves to watch the water sprinkle from his cup.
Maybe I’m grumpy because I folded at least 10 loads of laundry (with Sara’s help, I have to admit), but now have another 4 loads of clean laundry to fill their place.
Maybe, just maybe, I’m grumpy because I am tired. Plain and simple.
I have to admit that I have been grumpy. Maybe just a little.
Christine, aka YoungMommy, is married to her best friend, Ray, and together they have six very active children - five boys and one pretty princess - with one on the way. She's a busy mama, spending most of her days homeschooling her crew.
I guess we all get grumpy even so when tired! get a good sleep mama and you\ll be better I bet!
If it makes you feel any better about the Julia issue…I was laughing, because we face the same exact thing with Mikaela!
we certainly all have our things to fill in our own blanks as to why we are grumpy. It’s sad, but true.
feel better! (and call your chiropractor!)
I’m always amazed at what my kids remember and what they do not. I will have a vivid memory of some event only to have my oldest daughter give me a blank look. Kids remember differently to us. My middle daughter is more like me and will recall lines of dialogue from her favorite movie.
Hang in there. As for the water puddles on the floor, I would give your child a kitchen towel and teach him how to wipe the floor. My son loved having jobs. His favorite…the Magic Eraser for the wall. One day I had him scrubbing years of marks off the wall…he loved it!
I say – “You are a mom and you have the right to be grumpy sometimes”
I’m glad I’m not the only one who feels like that sometimes.
I agree we do have the right to be grumpy sometimes!
Sometimes I think that our husbands expect us to be happy homemakers sometimes, yet he can come home and complain about his bad day but we’re not supposed to? Suddenly that makes us “grumpy” or worse.
I’m with you at times. Luckily, though, lately I’ve just been digging in to what needs to get done post-Christmas, because suddenly there’s more of it, to include laundry, from our trips to visit family. Overwhelmed? Sure, but it’ll get done, grumpy or no.
*hugs*
Harumph!
Hope you’re feeling a bit jollier today… happy thoughts sent your way.
Love ya’!
my husband has been telling me this too. I think I am just tired. Tired of working 40 hours a week at work and the other 128 dealing with a teething toddler… sigh.
don’t feel bad, I’m grumpy… a lot!
just popping by to say hi!
Oh I hear you! I am having one of those grumpy days as well, mostly because I have to tell Jacob to do something 20x before he even acknowledges me. I feel like I am talking to a wall sometimes.
Glad to know it’s not just me!
I’m def. grumpy! We all get grumpy.
I think my husband thought I was grumpy today too when I practically tossed him off the phone … mind you I’d had one baby pee in the potty then throw it over my leg, then promptly poop in the potty, then while cleaning that the other baby tried to pee in the potty but the insert wasn’t there so it went all over the floor and all the while he’s trying to talk to me on the phone and all I want is a shower. Excuse me if I was a little grumpy
We’re all entitled to be grumpy.
I’ve been grumpy a whole week, maybe longer! Our blog’s suffering because of it *sigh*
Oh, I so hear you and I only have two little children and you have SIX!!!! I actually have to go get physical therapy because I am so tense and stressed out. And getting a good night sleep is just a dream. My almost 3 y.o. son is keeping us awake all night refusing to stay in his bed. The weirdest thing is that my infant daughter sleeps through the night. Shouldn’t it be the opposite??
Big “heyo” from grumpy to grumpy! Maybe it will get easier one day???
oh, and one more thing, check out this post that my husband wrote some time ago. It’s his perspective on things.
http://www.bripblap.com/2007/how-to-be-a-good-partner-to-a-stay-at-home-spouse/
ha! I could have written this yesterday. My neck hurts and was just tired of the day and overwhelmed with everything going on.
I hope you feel better soon.
Mercedes
awwww girl – if I did all you did, I would be grumpy everyday! LOL I get grumpy with only TWO little monkeys causing chaos.
It sure is easy to get grumpy though when we are tired. And as moms, it sure is hard get enough rest!
Isn’t it good though that the grumpies end though and all those great mommy moments return!