Today is definitely a Monday, and it’s one of those days I could have totally done without. I’ll be so glad when it’s over as too much stuff has happened today. This morning started with an argument with a family member that totally got under my skin.
The argument was all because she saw a photo of my child wearing nothing but a diaper and felt the need to tell me that I shouldn’t be exposing my child like that. She “just wanted to inform me” that little girls should be clothed and covered at all times. She’s a 9 month old baby! The way she was talking you would think I was letting a developing teenager run around with boobs exposed! Then again this same person refused to let her sons wear pink ties because she said boys don’t wear pink under any circumstances. I completely disagree with that, too. Who made the rules saying only certain genders can wear certain colors anyway?
The way I see it I don’t call her up and tell her she’s doing things wrong, and she doesn’t have the right to tell me that either. It’s just too darn hot right now to make Ellie crawl around the house fully clothed, and that’s nobody’s business except mine and Hubby’s. It’s not like I’m carrying her around in public in nothing but a diaper for crying out loud, and even if I did that would be my business, not hers.
I’m so sick of family members trying to butt in just because I don’t do things the way they did. Bottom line is she’s my daughter, and that’s all that matters. She’s fed, clothed, care for, healthy, and a happy baby.
After that I hoped the rest of the day would be better, but it hasn’t been. First Hubby called me with some bad news, then Ellie was extremely tired but refusing to take a nap. In fact she was so tired that she fell asleep while sitting up in the floor playing with her blocks. She fell over and smacked her head on the floor. Of course that woke her up, sent her into a screaming fit, and now she’s got a nice little bruise on her forehead. That happened around noon, and she finally went to sleep about 10 minutes ago.
On top of that my dryer died. When I opened the door to load it the little metal safety switch that tells the dryer the door is closed and can operate fell off. I picked it up to find it had completely snapped in half. Oh well I’ve been expecting it to die any day anyway as it’s a 20 year old dryer. I just expected it to go out in a more catastrophic way than a tiny little metal piece breaking off. Neither of us get paid until Friday, so I’ll have to wait until then to get another one. I’ll also have to settle for a used one for now since I can’t afford to buy a brand new one right now.
I hate using the dryer in the Summer anyway. The super hot weather has been perfect for drying clothes, but it’s just way too hot to drag Ellie outside with me while I hang them up, and she definitely hasn’t slept long enough to allow me to get it done either. Now that she’s sleeping it’s raining, so that doesn’t do me any good. Thankfully the temps are supposed to come back down some tomorrow, so I should be able to take her outside to hang some out the rest of the week.
I’m just ready for this day to be over with already.
