Mother's Day is never a good day.

Happy Mother's Day. It was a typical Mother's Day for me. The kids were tired and cranky from going to bed too late last night and getting up too early today. That pretty much happens each Mother's Day. Then I stung by a wasp. I am allergic to bee stings so I was not sure what would happen. It was my first time getting stung by a wasp, and I have read that helps so I am ok. The swelling is already gone. It is still pretty painful, though. It hurt like hell when it happened. The crazy thing is that every Mother's Day is like this. Kids are cranky and just impossible and something strange happens. When my son was two, and my daughter was just 6 months old, my son was flat out mean to me on Mother's Day. He was two so I get it, but it still hurt. I remember going back to bed when my daughter napped because I was so disgusted. Then last year was just a cranky day for both kids. What confuses me is why Mother's Day is like this. Father's Day is NEVER like this. My husband and the kids celebrate it with ease. It is the same thing when my husband travels. Something weird always happens. One time, the power went out randomly. Scared me to death. Then later that night, we had an earthquake and the only sign was a loud boom. It was midnight and I checked the radar because I was sure it was thunder, but when I saw that there was nothing, I freaked out because I did not know until the next day it was an earthquake and then this last trip out of town, a robin decided to fight its reflection in our bay window at 6:15a. I thought someone was trying to break in. It is never like that when I am out of town (which is VERY rare) or when I am out for an evening and he is left with the kids. Why is that? Why is it so easy for the fathers? I don't want him to have a tough time, but it would be nice for him to see and feel what I deal with sometimes so he would understand. Next year I think I am just going to ignore Mother's Day altogether. Maybe that will work...
I went out running while the kids napped today. I think the adrenaline rush from the sting made the run easy because it was one of the easiest 5k runs I have ever had. I just did it. Tomorrow am is an easy workout. Mondays I do just a half hour on the stair climber. Well, actually that is my plan for Mondays. I finally decided that last week. I NEVER get my lazy tail out of bed on Mondays at 4:40a to go to the gym so I am hoping that by allowing myself an easy, short workout, I can find the strength to drag myself out of bed at 5:20a and get a workout in. We will see. I am keeping my fingers crossed. I was so depressed when I weighed myself today. 147.7 which is exactly what I weighed last Monday. I know I had beer over the weekend, but I ate better than usual so it kind of depressed me. Hopefully, I can really turn it around this week since I will not have food in face so much like I did this week.