Friday, September 25, 2009

What makes a bad day for me and my big BOoHoO


So I shouldn't even be blogging about today because I have August to catch up on, which was a pretty big month at our house. However, I really have to digest this day as to purge it from my system and process it out of my life!

So it starts off with great potential. A day off from school that coincides with the Friday off Russell has from work. Another plus: it's Fall and the temperatures are great. Sounds like the perfect opportunity to have a fun family day, right? Well, right. But oh so wrong, thanks to poor planning and even worse execution. Our first plan was to hit Park City, which we like to do every Fall to see the leaves, but because I didn't really know *what* exactly we'd be doing up there and it seemed too sunny for Park City in the Fall (just a very specific personal preference) I changed the plan to going to Sundance, riding the ski lift, and doing a little hiking. We had to be back in Provo by 4 for dance class. Russell used most of the morning to do a little side work at home, and we didn't leave until 11:30. I thought we were still good, though I had errands to run in Orem before we got to the hiking part. Well, Russell took two kids to RCWilley because he is a bed-baby and really wants a new mattress, though ours is still soft (I'm no bed connoisseur), but he says it's not good if you wake up in the morning with a backache from your bed. I took the other 2 to Michael's to look at some Halloween stuff. I buy 3 bucks worth of stuff, Russell buys the salesman's pitch and we're out 40 minutes.

Next dealy- eat lunch. 1st problem: we told the kids McD's. 2nd problem: it's the McD's by the Orem Target, which is horrific, both in locale and quality. Okay, truth be told, when you go to McD's you know you're most likely not getting a stellar experience, but aim for sub-par and you'll be content. Anyway, not only was the order wrong (which is very usual) but the food was even more nasty than usual, even the apple dippers! Sad, McD's, very sad. And I like their cheeseburgers and fries as a rule...I'm not a snob. Anyway...Russell and I left feeling money was wasted and bellies were still hungry.

One more stop before the much anticipated nature event at Sundance: a "quick" stop into Target to get something I left there last time, and to briefly look at some kid clothes. Well, anyone and everyone knows you can't get out of Target in less than half an hour, and you most definitely won't leave without spending a big sum of money. This was no exception, and by the time we got out of there, it was 3:00. Oops! Russell and I are explaining to the kids that we don't have time to do what we actually PLANNED to do! How sad is that? We both felt pitiful and lame.

We got to dance class a bit late, because of traffic and one other errand we decided to run, and then took the kids out early (which is hard for me) to make it to Anika's last soccer game and party, which made it a big deal for her to go. Sadly, she left ONE shoe and ONE shin guard at home, and we had to run home and we ended up at the soccer game at half-time. Yuckety yuckety yuk. So how's that for a day that just leaves you feeling like UGH! I really needed a personal assistant today to help me with my planning, to check kid's bags, and to pack a lunch for us all, because dang, it looks like my fail to plan really caused my plan to fail. Cliched but true. It could have been a satisfying nature appreciation day! You'd be seeing pictures of me dancing in fall wonder....all of us laughing joyously and making memories, having intellectual discussions about seasons ...or maybe we would have fallen off the ski lift, so maybe this is the best day ever since we avoided a near-catastrophe? Is that how I should look at it? My gut tells me I should have cut out all the extra-curricular consumer errands. Story of my life guys, story of my life.

Anyway, if I could just do today over again...

8 comments:

stephanie said...

Oh I hate it when I have days like that. I am sorry things didn't go as you had hoped. Fall break is coming up soon. Maybe you can try again

BTW, I have heard you are pleased with Anika's new class. Hooray!

Megz said...

First of all let's just address the irony of the whole paragraph berating that certain locale of McD's and your personal comment at the end of "..I'm not a snob." Suuuure! But we all know what you mean.
Dearie. Why don't you let me be your personal assistant? A simple phone call to me and I would have told you there was no way in high heaven that Russell could get his sleep number evalutated and you take a trip to Target in less than 6 hours!
Frolic in the leaves when they have actually turned and you have nothing else on your plate.
BTW, the Sundance ski lift is waaaay more scary than Lagoon's Sky Ride!

TisforTonya said...

so, what's Russell's sleep number? Shoot - after a few years of OWNING that dumb bed I still haven't found my perfect sleep number. Seriously though... you shouldn't wake every morning with a backache... maybe your soft mattress is too soft for the man?

hope today is better!

Melissa Rees said...

Dude that MC shiz you're talking about is NASTY!! They are usually pretty good about remodeling every few years, but I guess they skipped that one. Instead of remodeling the one in Clinton, they just tore it down and built a new one!! Anyhoo, sorry about your crappy day. That's pretty much how all of mine go!!

Maria said...

Yeah, I never go into Target anymore. It's a blackhole that sucks my time and money away. As for McDonald's: eww.

I'm glad I'm not the only one with time management problems. I am always amazed at how quickly time flies during the day. Crazy.

Jen said...

Ugh - sounds like my Friday too. Must have been in the stars or something.

Here's to UEA weekend and an opportunity to make up for the lost Friday of September . . .

LC said...

Sorry you had a bad day but you sure were fun writing about it.
Luckily there's plenty of time to enjoy Fall. Come to Fish Lake!
Any good deals at Target?

rut said...

Friday was a little rough--but I'm glad we got out to Sundance on Saturday, with only brief stops at Target and Old Navy "on the way".