Monday, May 09, 2005
Mother's Day!
The day has come and gone and I sit here wondering the purpose of the day. It used to be to honor mother's and the hard work they do and to show them how appreciated they are. Well, not in my house. I started my day out fine. Hubby came home after working all night and slipped quietly into bed without so much as a word that he appreciates me. No biggie! I pull myself out from the nice warm covers wishing that there were ONE day that I could just sleep in. After preparing for the day I get to the kitchen to have the daily bowl of oatmeal and at this point I am full of anticipation of what my darling little girl might be planning for my day. I wait! And wait...and wait....and wait... Finally at about 9:00 she sneaks from her bedroom to come and give me a big kiss on the cheek and say Happy Mother's Day. It felt nice...especially after the very trying week we both just went through. She decides that she is going to sit and do computer stuff for a while...still no biggie. The day goes on...hubby get's out of bed at about noon and sits in front of the TV. Still nothing about it being Mom's special day. I decide that I'm getting quite irritated by the whole thing and to make myself feel better...to pout is more like it...I do some laundry and clean the bathrooms and pour my heart into housework of all kinds. She still sits at the computer playing Sims and chatting with her friends...he is engrossed with a movie. Time for me to do something...off to get groceries for the week...still hoping that they might be planning at least a little something....NOT! After groceries the hubby says that he wants to stop at Agway to buy a polant or something for Mom's Day. Well, this irritated me even further. Nothing like waiting till the very last minute. I wasn't trying to be ungreatful but I had just been there a day or two before and saw nothing for plants that I wanted. I had bought a beautiful hanger for my mother there and didn't want to recieve the same thing...do you blame me? Two weeks ago I mentioned that Mother's Da was coming up and that I didn't want anything...just a day of rest and to be taken out for a nice meal so I wouldn't have to slave at the stove. Anyway, we drive past the Agway and now I'm not hte only one irritated...child is in the backseat feeling pretty bad and hubby is still oblivious of how we both feel. Home again...groceries put away by ME of course...still waiting for a decision on where we are going for din din and NOTHING! Not even an inkling that I might be taken away from my duties. Time is running out and now I have to make the decison that it will be meatloaf and fiddleheads and off to the kitchen I go. Two hours later we are sitting at the table eating sup and kid has been back at the computer all afternoon and hubby back in front of TV watchin some Ali fight from the 60's. The whole time din is cooking I am also vaccuming and folding the washed and dryed laundry and picking up the house and setting the table and you know, all the Motherly things. We eat, he leaves for work, she goes back to the computer and I head to the sink to wash the dishes because that's what Mother's Day is all about...doing all the motherly things. That was my Mother's Day...still no words other than a kiss on the cheek and a Happy Mothers Day from my daughter first thing that morning. To all you mom's out there....I certainly hope your's was way better than mine! Love to all...
