Overwhelming. That’s the word to describe the past weekend.
Thank you, each and every single one of you that wished me a happy birthday. Thank you to each of you that gifted me the coolest stuff, wrote nice things and made dorky faces. Thank you to each one of you that sent me something in the mail and thank you for all those awesome E-cards. Thank you, My Beautiful Friend Lisa who gave me the coolest birthday presents – Driving my kids to and from school for the day and a B&B bag for my make-up. I can’t decide which one I like more, the driving of the kids or the bag ;)
I started out the day a little depressed. Shaun woke me up as he was leaving for work with a ‘Happy Birthday’ sweetheart. I was sad he was leaving on.my.birthday.
I soon forgot as Tyler yelled, “HAPPY BIRTHDAY KRISTINE!” as he headed out the door for school and all four girls crawled into bed to give me birthday cuddles.
When I got up to make my coffee I realized the house would need to be cleaned before Kara got home with 10 of her girlfriends. I would be cleaning on.my.birthday.
Kara had mentioned that she wanted me to come to her school for my birthday and have lunch with her, but there was NO way I would be able to get the whole house cleaned, get her decorations, cake, pizza, soda AND have lunch with her.
The living room and dusting got done pretty fast, but that damn kitchen was a pain in the ass to clean. I would get distracted by something that pissed me off…like the dishes the kids had put back in the cupboard that were CLEARLY NOT CLEAN! or that everytime I opened a drawer something fell out of it because people CRAM stuff in there.
Overwhelmed. I was getting pissed and started to cry. Then I realized something as noon approached. Kara would never remember how I had spent my whole birthday cleaning the house for her party, but she would remember that I showed up at her school to eat lunch with her. I put down the sponge and mad dashed it for the shower.
I’m blessed, I know this and I don’t take it for granted. When the girls saw me sitting in the cafeteria they came up and gave me long hugs. Their friends even came up and gave me hugs. I had made the right choice.
After lunch, Shaun surprised me by coming home early and helping me set up for the party.
All in all, it wasn’t such a bad birthday after all.
I wanted to thank everyone for making my birthday SO very special. You made a huge difference in my day and I thank you! I love ALL my cyber gifts.
I just wish I could get this damn magic wand to work!!
14 responses to “thank you! so! much!”
AWWWWW..hell.
What a hellofa mom you are.
We love you K. I thought the SPF stuff was awesome that everyone did also..what a great idea!
:)
You absolutely made the right choice – for you and her! Nobody needs to spend their B-day cleaning all day. I have a new theory for having people over – I don’t clean too much before they come over b/c I will have to clean 2x (or more) as much after they leave, anyway :)
88 Comments on the day of your B-Day . . . that has to be a record or something! Hope your weekend was magical!
Glad you had a great birthday and Kara too! I am happy you decided to go. Those are indeed the things she will remember.
You made a good choice. Being with a daughter and her friends at lunch is wonderful. And teaching to play BINGO is awesome!
Plenty of birthdays to come when things other than celebrating will happen. I remember working 10 hours, with just one 1/2 hour break on my 40th.
Cleaning for teenagers is fruitless. Having fun making the mess with them is priceless.
Happy birthday to you Kristine! Loved all your gifts!
Awesome! You’re right. The lunch she will remember forever- the clean kitchen, not so much.
As tough as it was at the time, you totally made the right choice. I think we all have birthdays where we end up doing things for others. It’s just the way it is.
Hope you had a great one…
You sure did make the right choice, sister.
Yea you.
:)
((((HUGS))))
AND you got the van cleaned!! There were things in the backseat cupholder that would make the CSI lab cringe. I don’t remember handing any of the kids molasses, but I’ll be damned if something like it wasn’t forming back there. (((shudder)))
Thank You, Shaun! positive proof of a reliable man.
I’m glad you had a great day! Hooray! Also: sweet wand.
I’m glad you and Kara had a great birthday.
Spending that special birthday lunch together is definitely something she will ALWAYS remember, not whether or not there was dust left on a shelf. Good choice.
*p.s. What is up with your comment section? Half the time it doesn’t allow me to post. It says the server is busy try back later or something like that. Is it just me, or is anyone else having the same problem?
Having lunch with the girls on your birthday – that is something that they will remember forever! What a great choice! Sounds like you had a pretty good day!
Happy very belated birthday, Kristine!! I’ve been gone for a week, but I’m back now. Hope you had a great day!!!