12 Angry Comments

11 Bitchy emails

10 Snarky post-its

9 Sappy Moments

8 Minutes of Normality

7 Ignored Phone Calls

6 Cute Puppy Commercials

5 CRYING JAGGGSSSS

4 Hot baths

3 Hours folding laundry - angrily

2 Flying Curses

1 and a pint of Chocalate Ice Cream..... 

The pregnancy hormones have me in their clutches.  I was ready to move my self into a yurt in my yard and burn down my office place yesterday...by yesterday evening I was crying over the Charmin Puppy. The joys of pregnancy eh?

In an attempt to calm me down my husband suggested I write down all the problems that I see and 5 steps to solve them. (i.e. The Dogs are always tearing stuff up and I can't take it...solution 1) clean an area of the house to "dog friendly status" 2) get the dogs used to the area by playing and feeding them there 3) let them start spending time alone in the space 4) Move their kennels into the space and let them sleep their overnight 4) let them spend a day in that area while we're at work and provide them enough of their own toys to keep busy)

My first several attempts at the list looked more like a hit list

"Problem: Dogs are eating stuff...solution...Kill dogs or give away" "Problem: 12 year old boy keeps bringing gross nasty things into the room and letting them get over everything...Solution...make him sleep in the now vacated dog kennel"

After a few attempts I felt i'd vetted my anger and I was actually able to approach the project respectfully.

So last night we sat down and looked at my list and marked off some of my projects and discussed others. I'm feeling better about things. I'm less concerned that we'll have a baby sleeping in the drawer of a TV stand now....sort of. 

In the mean time, my belly and I are off to seek chocolate.