A Raise...

Yesterday I was feeling a little underpaid. 


I've spent nearly a week with my sweet husband out of town. It's one thing to be out of town for a planned work trip, it is another for a last minute with no pre-planning and pre-arranging of the schedules kind of trip.


So, left on my own to figure out how to manage a household that needs 2 adults - especially for driving peeps to their practices/games/etc...was something that retail therapy didn't help (yes, I did try :) but shopping with 3 kids....not helpful.). I even tried online shopping...but was lacking in serious funds for what I was looking to make me feel better ;)!


We were doing pretty good until Sunday.  


When it was 100 degrees out.


And we had to be at the ball park from 8am to 1:30pm or so. 


I couldn't even get a sitter, it was Sunday and everyone I knew was at church.


SO, we made all attempts to stay cool, hydrated and have our potty times in between innings.


During game 2 I had tent squatters...that took up shade in trade for escorting people to the bathroom every 6 minutes. Thank goodness because for whatever reason Monkey thought it was hilarious to drain his cup so he could go pee again. *sigh*. Sorry Grandma!


Thankfully, someone loves me enough to bring me a present.


It was heartfelt and sweet...

And dead.

And part gone...likely eaten by the sweet boy who brought it to me...

 Which was nice...to have a gift delivered right to the back door...Thanks Hank!

Would have been better had he not ran away while we were at swim lessons...making me drive around the neighborhood searching for him for 30 minutes....

*sigh*. 

I guess you gotta take your gifts as they come, and leave the rest behind!

However, as nice as the gesture...I tossed the partial bird wing in the trash...almost with my *cookies*, since I really hate cleaning stuff like that up...

Cheers!