With my husband out of town, I had a long Memorial Day weekend of running my kids from tournament to tournament. I think I probably put over 700 miles on the car. So on Memorial Day itself, there was just one baseball tournament left to be played. I woke up at 6 am and took a shower. When I got out of the shower, I heard the water running in my daughter’s bathroom. Hmm, I thought to myself, is she getting up to go watch her brother’s game? That would be really cool of her if she did.
I went into her room and knocked on her bathroom door. When I asked if she was going to the game, she yelled, “what are you talking about, why would he be playing on Monday when we have to go to school?” I could tell by the sound of her voice that she was tired and cranky and this was not going to end well. I proceeded to tell her that there was no school on Memorial Day and she should have slept in. In an instant, the water went off and I could hear the shower curtain getting slammed to one side.
“Why didn’t you tell me that I didn’t have to get up?” Here we go, it’s all mom’s fault that SHE made a mistake.
I replied, ” just go back to bed and I’ll see you when I get back!” As I walked out the door, I could hear her rambling on in the bathroom but I continued to walk, I shut her door, went downstairs and out the door. Mom was in no mood to deal with this so I just sat in the car and waited for my son to come out. I know sure know how to pick my battles and this one would have been ugly!
By the time we got home, all was good.
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