Hell-o-ween
Yesterday morning, I woke up looking forward to the day ahead of me: the kids being able to dress up at school/daycare and a fun evening trick-or-treating and passing out candy at my in-laws' house.
But, it was not to be.
Elise woke up tired and cranky and didn't want to wear her costume. I packed her costume in her bag, hoping she would feel more like wearing her kitty outfit when she got to daycare. Not only did she not want to wear her costume, but the children and teachers wearing costumes freaked her out and she had a meltdown when I left.
Because Elise didn't wear her costume to daycare, Nicholas decided he didn't want to wear his costume to school. So I packed his costume in his bag, hoping he would change his mind when he got to school. He didn't, but he was fine being the only one not in costume. (There are up-sides and down-sides to having an independent-minded child.)
The work party - that I was conned in to planning - was a small bust because a lot of people showed up without a snack to share (Hello, people! It's a potluck!) and too many people brought bags of candy, but it was a fun social hour nevertheless. Of course, I now have too many full bags of candy sitting in my office, but that's okay. Thank goodness I'm going to the gym.
The day ended with me leaving the office a half hour early, thinking I could pick up the kids early and we could start our Halloween festivities early.
Apparently I was not the only one with this idea.
After picking up Nicholas, it took me 55 minutes to get to Elise's day care - 12 blocks away. (Twelve fucking blocks! I would have been better off parking the damn car and walking, but there were no parking structures along my route and I couldn't get one street up to get to any of three different parking structures.)
After being 15 minutes late to pick up Elise (which cost me $15 because they charge a dollar per minute you're late), it took me 75 minutes to get from Elise's day care to my in-laws' house. 5 miles away.
The good news is the kids were very well behaved in the car - Elise fell asleep and Nicholas was content to color in the coloring book (I just happened to have in the car) and sing songs. For. two. hours.
When we finally go to my in-laws' the kids were starving (thankfully, the food was ready for them and they inhaled their food). After having full bellies, they were excited to dress in their costumes and head out for some trick-or-treating.
The rest of the night went like this: It rained. We got wet. The kids complained. Elise wanted to smash the candy. Nicholas got mad.
When we finally got home and put the kids to bed, I was exhausted, still wet and crabby.
But despite the crappy day, I'll do it all again next year. Except I'm picking the kids up after lunch instead of after work.
24 spoke up!:
Oh my god! That's lot of people on the road to have it take that long to get anywhere. Sorry it was so sucky.
Also, when I worked and we'd have potlucks, the same 5 people brought something worth eating, the other 40 people brought crap. I soon learned to just bring my own lunch on those days otherwise I'd be eating storebought cupcakes and 1 piece of cheese for lunch.
NOW I remember why I am glad I moved from Austin! Reminds me of my commute when I was still there!
Sounds like the heliday ended not a moment too soon. Here's to a happier and drier Halloween next year.
WOW. That was a long day, eh?
I bet it was alllllllllll fine. And they went to bed. Amen, thank you Jesus.
LMAO xoxo
So Not Fun! Can't you at least sneak a Butterfinger or a Kit Kat? That's what I did.
Holy cow! That is insanity!!!
man that does not sound fun. so glad they were good for you in that traffic.
I stay at home now but when I did work I always took a vacation day on Halloween to avoid this type of rush. My husband takes the day off too. That way even if the kids are in school we can prepare for the evening. So when we pick them up from school it's all just fun time.
Plus, Halloween is big at my house. So I usually volunteer for the party at both schools. Luckily, for awhile the parties don't overlap.
I always hated that mad rush home and craziness to pull it together to get to the fun part. By that time I always feel like I'm yelling that we're all going to have fun whether we want to or not!
We have a work potluck too that I wind up putting together. HOw funny.
As luck would have it, Aunt Flo came yesterday so by the end of the day I was feeling like an evil witch and was thinking I would just let hubby take the twins trick or treating. But then I couldn't miss it and in the end it turned out great. Especially since I had massive quantities of chocolate to dull my pain !
Well that sounded like tons of fune! ;) Our Halloween was prerty goo considering Taylor is sick, my husband is sick, and now I seem to be coming down with the funk. Happy Halloween!
What a pain!!! Glad it turned out well in the end!
Ugh! Sounds awful. I hate traffic!!
Oh God! Sounds terrible.
Ugh, that sucks. I hope you had some Halloween candy to make you feel better. Gym or not, a woman who loves chocolate needs to have a snickers bar on Halloween!
I hate Halloween. The only thing that gets me through it is massive quantities of candy.
Bleck.
Here's hoping next year is better.
Sometimes it isn't really worth it.
Sometimes it isn't really worth it.
Eh, they're still young. You have a lot of years to get the practice down. ;)
I left at 2:30, so I could pick them up from the bus at 3:30. We did homework, made/ate dinner and NB was out the door to TOT our block ("big guy" gets to do our block alone) at 5:45. I felt smooth. I lied to get out of work, though. ;D
I hope next year is better dear!!!!
Have a great sunday!!!! Take care!
You are not kidding! Traffic was such a horrific mess that night.
I think after a day like that I would have grabbed the bowl of candy, taken it to bed and watched me a reality tv marathon. Oh and toss some wine in there, too. =)
There was other parts of the post i wanted to comment on but cannot get passed the $1 per minute late thing - i have never heard anything like that before.
Hope next halloween goes better
oh no! that's really crappy...sorry the day sucked so bad. hopefully next year will be better!
Wow! so sorry that you had such a crappy day!
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