Busy days ahead!

[thesilversiren]

(Note: After the cut I sidetracked and talked about the tea parties some more. Just in case you were wondering)

Most weekends tend to be pretty laid back here. The in-laws take the kids out, TH and I sneak out for a little grown-up time if we can. But we’re going to have a grueling couple of weekends. Today’s pretty normal, but tomorrow we’re going to Disneyland. I know, that should be fun, right? For those who’ve never taken little kids to Disneyland…. no. You have to pack a diaper bag with everything you might need (otherwise you have to pay 500% markup at the park), so it weighs around 20 lbs. Not only that, R has food allergies, so I have to pack food for him. Then, you have to bring extra clothes (in case they pee through). Then strollers, and it’s off in the car! You get to Disneyland, and the kids are too small to go on much. D’s really phobic, so you have to figure out whether or not it’s worth waiting 30 minutes to go on Peter Pan to see if he’ll like it or not. Or if it’s worth waiting in the line for Small World holding a squirming toddler to see if D’s over his fear of the dark. Then the kids rebel and decide not to nap, so suddenly… they’re the worst behaved children in the world. They scream, throw tantrums, and decide to ignore anything you may try to do. So it’s time to leave before Mickey and crew escort you out. (Having worked at Disneyland, I know that children behave worse and we won’t be escorted out. But as a parent, it’s still totally embarrassing)

Next weekend, my mother in law leaves on a cruise… so it’ll be just me and the kids most of the weekend (if TH has overtime). I will also be the only woman in the house. Eep!

Now, one last completely unrelated note. Right now conservatives are saying that it was totally unfair that the liberal media made fun of the “tea baggers” by using innuendo laden commentary. Sorry guys, your story was reported on. All anybody did was snicker like any 13 year old boy would and find a way to make as many jokes as possible. Wasn’t media’s classiest moment, but then again… conservatives were the ones who made the switch from saying Tea Parties to Tea Baggers/Tea Bagging.

Not only that, I’d say it was even more unfair to take the original intent (to protest representatives who passed new tax laws without reading it in its entireity - not an unreasonable suggestion there, having senators actually read what they vote on) and warp it into yet another anti-Obama rally of the right.

(Seriously, that’s all I’m going to say on the tea parties)

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