I hate that!

Today was a busy day for me. I had loads of errands to run, but I was feeling good about getting out and about on such a beautiful day, knowing all the while that my cleaning lady was at the house working her magic... or so I thought. Beware... I'm about to whine. If you're not in the mood to hear it, you might want to visit someone else's blog right about now.

Little things happened today that were just like "mini pokes in the eye." For instance, I had my heart set on a large sweet tea from McDonald's, so I stopped to get one. I pulled away from the drive-thru and took a big swig of tea, and to my disappointment, it tasted "old." I had myself all psyched for that awesome sweet tea they normally serve, and then I experienced the big letdown. I hate that!

I took a huge stash of change to the local grocery store where they have a change counter. I had to unwrap the many coin rolls and dump the change in the machine. I managed to "re-open" a cut on my finger in the process. I hate that!

I went by the local Scout Store to search for a Boy Scout handbook cover that wasn't in stock the last time I was there. An employee had taken down my name and phone number to call me when the shipment of covers came in and I hadn't heard from anyone, so when I was in the area today, I stopped by. The covers were right there on the shelf. So much for customer service. I hate that!

I went to the mall today to purchase some clothing items as well as some summer footwear for one of my boys. There's never any time to take the kids for these things because of their busy school and social calendars, so I bit the bullet and shopped 'til I dropped for their benefit. When the boys got home from school today, they tried on all their new stuff and wouldn't you know that I'm going to have to return about half of my purchases. I hate that!

I took my youngest son to baseball practice today and they really needed some parental help, so I volunteered to play catcher. It was rather fun, to be honest, but I managed to get my WHITE tennis shoes dirty with red clay. I hate that!

I got home from my errands and found that my house cleaner (She only comes once a month) hadn't done a very good job. The last couple of times she's been here I've noticed that the quality of work hasn't been nearly as good as it was in the very beginning. What's the deal? I would say something if we were going to be here much longer, but we're moving soon, so I'm probably not going to go there, but just the same... I hate that!

The worst thing, by far, that happened today is something I really don't care to go into great detail about, but it involves one of my boys getting in trouble for something he did at school. It wasn't a malicious, horrible thing, but he still broke a school rule and could have gotten a much stiffer punishment if the principal had felt it was warranted. He's been a model student this year, so she was totally surprised and called me to discuss the matter. I was grateful for her concern, fairness and leniency. Now my husband and I have to follow through with an appropriate punishment at home as well. I HATE THAT!