Aunt Karina

I am headed to the West Coast of Friday to visit my nieces and nephew. I am looking forward to the weather! It has been dreary here lately. I am going by myself so I can help and spend quality time with them for a few days. I am looking forward to playing ALOT with my neices! I love being an Aunt because I get all of the fun and none of the parenting stress. I dont know what I will do with myself on a cross country flight with no diapers to change or noses to wipe. I am so excited!

worst day

I had such a bad day last week. I got 2 speeding tickets in 10 minutes on my way to go pick up my daughter from NJ. She had her first extended sleepover away from us. She came back a bit of a mess having consumed nothing but sugar and not sleeping for 4 days! Then things at work got messy and stressfull. I am not good at compartmentalizing my life and stress from work easily spills over to home. The baby is getting molars and wont stop crying, which really doesn't help on the 4 hour drive to NJ. When the 2nd police office pulled me over, I just lost it and started sobbing. I think he thought I was crazy. He may have breifly considered aresting me for "insanity". The stress of the impending move is also starting to weigh heavily on me. I even called hubby to come home early from work.
At the end of the day I realized that it was the worst day I have had in a VERY long time. I am grateful for this day because it is an opportunity to remind me how good my life really is. If one bad day is all I can remember, then I would say I have it pretty good.
2 speeding tickets - $320
Gas to drive to NJ- $35
Comfort Food- $10
Long Distance hysterical phone call to Friends - $3.20
Remembering how good my life is - priceless