My night goes like this….

5:45 pm Friend leaves with her kids after she was able to get some R&R on her own all day. (And all 6 kids did awesome today. I applaud them all.)

6:00 pm stare at the fridge trying to compile some kind of a meal to stuff into the faces whining to be fed.

6:05 pm realize I have a quesadilla left over from last night staring at me with a halo from the top shelf in my fridge. throw it in the microwave split it in half and give it to the kids.

6:20 pm Daddy arrives home. He plays with the kids while I chat with the neighbor

7:00 pm “Bath time bath time, So much fun, Bath time bath time eat a plum, Turn the water purple with the juice, Look outside the window see a MOOSE!” (Five cheers for anyone who remembers that song - which Elliott sings on a frequent basis. *Huffing on nails, buffing them on shirt*)

7:30 wrangle wrangle wrangle

8:00 ok, 2 kids down, one to go. Or so I thought.

9:00 FINALLY all three down. ahhhhhhhhh “Oh, hello Ethan!”

9:00 and 5 seconds “AHHHH CRAP! I haven’t eaten anything all day except 2 granola bars and a bowl of mac n cheese”

9:15 fall asleep while watching Top Gear and dreaming of what I would ask a personal chef to make for us.

10:00 Wake up cause I really should be in bed. I look just one more time in the kitchen for a magical meal, which will be not only nutritious, but also delicious. aaaaannnnndddd…nope. still not there.

10:15 pm Realize I am 100% Hangry, and huff myself to bed.

11:00 pm after staring at the walls and blaming myself over and over again for my state of frustration from every angle, I get up and take my pajama-ed butt to Albertsons.

12:00 am Spend to much money on much needed food, wake sleeping Ethan up off the sofa to ask for help bringing food in from the car.

12:15 am Sit down to enjoy my first “meal” in a 12-hour time period. (Albertsons version of Honey bunched of oats)

12:16 am Notice that Albertsons adds a few extra ingredients. The one I found (after I was already chewing on it) was a wad of what seems to be cardboard. or very thick paper. either way, not part of my plan.

12:30 am After looseing my apatite for this cereal, I type up a little entry JUST so I can have something to post that has nothing to do with kids, and so I can grump about my extra fiber. And now I am taking my still hungry body to bed. Gnight.