They didn't call, by the way

(1:45 PM, MST) Argh. This was written this afternoon while my DSL connection was taking a crap in the woods somewhere. Figures that when my husband is gone, the DSL breaks. Supposedly Qwest will call when it is back up-- but I'm not holding my breath on that one.

I had one of those annoying I just can't win moments at Wal-Mart today. Ian and Sean were both pretty riled up because we had just taken Matt to the airport, but I wanted to go get Pull-ups since Wal-Mart had the big boxes. So they fussed at each other constantly. I smacked hands, I grumbled at them, they'd settle down a bit, but they kept getting pissy at random moments. One of which, of course, was in the checkout line, where the elderly guy in front of me told me, "You should at least try to sound like you mean it."

*GRRRRRRRR*

I wanted to tell him, "Look, Asshole, if I really get on to them, people look at me like I'm Attila the Hun. If I try to be gentle about it, people like you tell me I'm a softy. How about YOU straighten them out for me? See how YOU do."

I didn't say any of that (perhaps unfortunately), I just refused to respond to him what-so-ever. I didn't even look up at him.

Still pissed me off, though.

It seems like it has been a long day, but other than the Wal-Mart trip, the kids have been pretty good. (So far.) We watched Sesame Street, had lunch, and fingerpainted. Sean colored and I worked on some "homework" with Ian. I put that in quotes because they didn't send anything home from school this week, so I got together some things for him to work on. My mother likes to give me workbooks, so I had some sheets for him to do. Right now, we're working on same and different, and I think he got the idea. I'll probably work through most of the little book, but I suppose after this we go on to pattern recognition?

Matt said that after we get back, we can go do some shopping for bedroom furniture. Along with the rapidly disentegrating dresser, we only have a full bed, which works for us, but sure doesn't give much room for the kids to snuggle with us if they want to in the morning. I don't think we'll get a king-- it's just TOO big for the room-- but the little extra space of a queen would be nice.

I guess I'll post this when the DSL comes back up. Maybe I'll add some more to the end if it's too much later...