Monday, April 27, 2009

Larissa & The Terrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

Today is probably the worst day I've had in a long, long time.
I've lost my patience with my boys more times than I care to think about, and it's not even 11 yet. Talk about feeling humbled, getting upset at a child. Makes me feel even less worthy of being their mom. I have apologized for my bad attitude to both my boys and my husband a few too many times today. Already.
I miss my house. My home. I miss my 4 bedroom, 2300 square feet of space that I made into our home. I miss the pool in our backyard that my husband and I designed. I miss the entertainment center that my husband built in our living room for me. Exactly how I wanted it to be, with accent lights, shelves, all of it.
I miss the paint colours that I chose and had done the exact way I wanted it to be.
I miss having pictures of my family out on the walls and my few nice things that I like to have out and looking at that are currently boxed up and stored away.
I miss being by my friends. I miss one of my best friends, Keri, that just had a baby girl and I won't get to see for a long time.
I'm waiting for an extremely important phone call at some point today (I've been waiting for a week now, but was told I'd get it today) and I could probably pass out from how stressed out I am about this, but yet still have to take care of 2 little boys so I guess that's not an option. And my stress is rearing it's head in quite another, and quite ugly, way.
And I need to figure out how to be a pleasant person to be around even though this is hard.
And how to not do things that I need to apologize for 5 minutes later because my actions were ridiculous.
I just want to sit in my old living room for a few minutes, because I just love my old living room, so very much. And stare at our pool with the pretty little waterfall just outside our living room window. And have life be normal.
Not figuring out how to go from a 4 bedroom, 2300 square foot home to a 2 bedroom, 1000 (900 or 1100, can't quite remember) little townhouse. With no yard of our own. And when will that ever change.
I know I am beyond blessed. And I definitely don't want as big of a house as we had before (in fact I used to complain that our house was too big and had too much space. And I still agree, 2300 square feet is too much space. But a happy medium between this and that would be nice.) But you know, sometimes it's just a little sad to start over, 8 years of what we worked toward all lost and down the toilet.
And my attitude is miserable today, and I'm hoping the boys take a nice nap here soon, and everything can just start over and refresh for a happy afternoon.

6 comments:

Tanya said...

Yes, it sad to start over and it really sucks sometimes. Know too that it's okay to have bad days once in a while. You will get through today and you will eventually have a house to make your own. This time around though it will be even better, you will have a big yard of your own and a house that will be yours to grow old in. I hope your day gets better and that you soon get the phone call you're waiting for and that you get the news that you want to hear.

andrea said...

Oh Larissa! I would love to run over and sit with you and entertain your kiddos while you wait for the call! I know that you miss your house, your pretty accents(that I can't wait to see) that are all in storage. God has walked you through a very tough time in your life. I pray that as you think back to your house, you will savour all your precious memories. And as you wait for your next home, you can prepare and make these preschool times special too. when you are settled in your home, i pray you will see God's hands blessing you and holding your hand and possibly some answers for those Why? questions that you ponder.

Aaron said...

Everyone is entitled to this kind of day every once in a while.

Matt said...

Sorry to hear you're not having a great day. When I have those kind of days, I always start thinking that struggles are a roadblock to growth and "normal life" rather than that those struggles themselves create the growth and are "normal".

I hope you're not as forgetful as me!

kroekerz said...

I really hope your day got better and that the call you were waiting for gave you the news you were hoping for :) I absolutely can't stand days where my mind is ANYWHERE but where it should be...at home with my girls. And they get the brunt of it and I am left crying and apologizing to 3 toddlers. I'll be praying for you!!!

JMBMOMMY said...

Oh my heart soo just has such compassion for you as you spoke the truth about your day....so many days I try to hold it together but so want to just let it all out!!! I hope tomorrow is a more peaceful, joyful day. But today know, that it is totally okay that you feel rotten!