raising my white flag

I'm waving it like a crazy person today. I tried last night, knowing what today would probably be like, but Joe wouldn't let me.

Somehow, last night when I set my alarm, I thought I'd be ambitious, bounce out of bed, work out, shower, and generally be ready for the day before getting Grace up. In reality, the only part of that happened this morning was the shower, and that was only because Joe kicked my butt out of bed.

I spent much of the morning trying to learn something about my mom's SLR big-girl camera, which she graciously loaned me since I have none. (however, my birthday is coming up... ha.) I'm crash-coursing the manual settings this week so I can try to photo journal our weekend fun plans. Apparently I have mucho to learn, because most every photo I took was blurry/completely dark. I'm sure none of it was user-error, so the camera must be broken. Just kidding, Mom. I swear.

Aaaaaand cue waking the beast princess-diva early from her nap so I could take her to the evil lair of doom clinic for her check-up/shots. I was pretty much the only one there with a kid, because all their moms were smart enough to make sure that they didn't miss nap time. I figured it would be a train wreck, so my expectations were luckily low enough that it wasn't too shocking when Grace freaked out at the mean old nurse who had the audacity to measure her head while she sat in my lap. Not to mention when the doctor came in and did his thing. I'm pretty sure everyone in the clinic heard her screams resonating through the building... before we went upstairs to get her vaccine.

So the rest of the afternoon she was mostly a grouch (even she had her redeeming moments.... me, not so much) and mostly ignored everything I said that she didn't want to hear. Precursor to the teenage years, methinks? I won't bore you with the minutiae. Luckily Joe saved the evening and entertained her so I didn't have a breakdown.

I surrender, Today. You win this round. I raise my white flag, and not coincidentally, my white wine as well. Tomorrow, on the other hand, betta watch out. (In the interest of full disclosure, I may just be all talk, only time will tell.)