Well, it started off great. The Rascal woke up at 6:30am, as usual, and I took him into my bed to feed. He rolled around and kicked and pinched, but I managed to get some more sleep.

Monkey woke up ready to conquer the world — and she very well might, having successfully gotten her father out of bed at 6:45 with five little words: “I have to pee, daddy.”

The rest of the day was nothing short of HELL, mostly because I was stuck inside with two fussy monkeys waiting for, and then dealing with, a moody air-conditioner repair man. But, at least it was a COLD day in Hell because moody guy fixed the AC! Hallelujah!

Seriously. I’ve been sweating BUCKETS for 2 weeks straight in this house. My monkeys have been MELTING. My hair has been FRIZZING. And, the cats have been SHEDDING LIKE CRAZY (think Kate Moss…).

CRAZILY SHEDDING CATS is the WORST right now because, what do you know, the minute my air conditioner is fixed, the vacuum goes BUST. It never ends.

Haley: Josh, the vacuum keeps shutting off.
Josh: Yeah?
Haley: I thought it was the fuse, so I went downstairs to check.
Josh: Okay….
Haley: And, it smells like burning.
Josh: Oh….
Haley: But, it’s okay, right? I mean, it’s burning but it’s okay, right?
Josh: NO…..!

A house full of cats, and kids, and NO VACUUM. Heaven. On. Earth. Achew. Cat hair up my nose, in my eyes, down my shirt…. Ew. Ew. EW.

Worst of all, I’m sitting here FINALLY getting down to reading my PILES of emails and, of course, YO GABBA GABBA is on TV. HAAAATE….

Apparently, the show subscribes to the repetition-as-teaching technique because this song they’re singing is, like, PAINFULLY annoying: “Try It, you’ll like It. Try it, you’ll like It. Try it, you’ll like it.” That’s the song. Why am I telling you all this? Because I NEED YOU TO SUFFER WITH ME! MWHAHAHAHAHAAAA! Honestly? This show is making me want a head transplant. I have never EVER wanted a head transplant.

So, today was a little hellish. But, we made it work. When times got REALLY tough, and one was crying and one was clinging, I thought, “these are my kids. I love them. there’s nowhere else I’d rather be. Except maybe Paris, or Hawaii….Fiji….OOooo! Always wanted to go to Australia…or Egypt! PYRAMIDS! My neighbour just came back from there and said it was hot but FAB……… Starbucks…, I need Starbucks…No. Detox. Detoxing. Thirsty. Will have water. Ugh. Oooo, Monkey, wanna go make a pee pee? Achew! Cough! Hairball!!!”

S’okay, Gorgeouses, I’ll be alright….

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