Last night we had a movie marathon at church. After being at work all day, the SouthAfrican and i were already pretty tired when kids started rocking up at 5pm. We cooked pizzas (after a mad dash home to get more ingredients - men should not be left in charge of the shopping) and watched all three Back To The Future movies. I adore Michael J. Fox and the suspense of the movies kept me involved... even though i've seen them stacks of times before! They're really pretty cool movies. After the three of those, many a game of pool was had and i put the younger kids to bed. We then played Call of Duty for awhile - i sucked, but improved and eventually could actually aim, which was nice, especially when it ended in kills. Then English and i started in on the Ocean's Trilogy.
I didn't want to/couldn't leave the older kids unattended, so i had to stay up - and, of course, they deided to stay up all night... woot... English and i just sat on the couch for the next few hours, while the others played game after game of pool. By the time the sun was up and the kids were getting up, i was exhausted. Thankfully i could snooze a little more while LittleM started cleaning up. Dr.B turned up and cooked us pancakes for brekkie, yum!! The kids left and us older ones lay on beanbags in a state of inertia - movement was far beyond us. Eventually, it was just Dr.B and i left. I very helpfully watched him clean up (with his blessing - he felt bad he hadn't stayed the night, so was guilt-cleaning) and we chatted about the state of the world.
It's interesting when you're having a conversation with someone and they either totally miss what you're subtly trying to say, or else just pointedly ignore it. This was one of those conversations. It ended in his spouting cliques and me giving up on getting my point accross.
Last night as pretty good fun... the kids were good, the movies were classic, the food was yummy, the couch was comfy... and i learned a valuable lesson. I learnt that i truly am an idiot, a glutton for punishment, a person incapable of making decisions that are good for her. This was a lesson that i thought i already knew - but apparently the powers that be thought it time to remind me that, really, i have the IQ of a guinea pig. Damn. Thankfully, much of my idiocy is within my head; at least i'm not being too idiotic in my actions just yet. So, despite a good night in, the repercussions of my idiocy have left me slightly miserable. I'm definately thinking that chocolate ill be in order for this evening. Chocolate can fix all the world's problems, did you know that?
I didn't want to/couldn't leave the older kids unattended, so i had to stay up - and, of course, they deided to stay up all night... woot... English and i just sat on the couch for the next few hours, while the others played game after game of pool. By the time the sun was up and the kids were getting up, i was exhausted. Thankfully i could snooze a little more while LittleM started cleaning up. Dr.B turned up and cooked us pancakes for brekkie, yum!! The kids left and us older ones lay on beanbags in a state of inertia - movement was far beyond us. Eventually, it was just Dr.B and i left. I very helpfully watched him clean up (with his blessing - he felt bad he hadn't stayed the night, so was guilt-cleaning) and we chatted about the state of the world.
It's interesting when you're having a conversation with someone and they either totally miss what you're subtly trying to say, or else just pointedly ignore it. This was one of those conversations. It ended in his spouting cliques and me giving up on getting my point accross.
Last night as pretty good fun... the kids were good, the movies were classic, the food was yummy, the couch was comfy... and i learned a valuable lesson. I learnt that i truly am an idiot, a glutton for punishment, a person incapable of making decisions that are good for her. This was a lesson that i thought i already knew - but apparently the powers that be thought it time to remind me that, really, i have the IQ of a guinea pig. Damn. Thankfully, much of my idiocy is within my head; at least i'm not being too idiotic in my actions just yet. So, despite a good night in, the repercussions of my idiocy have left me slightly miserable. I'm definately thinking that chocolate ill be in order for this evening. Chocolate can fix all the world's problems, did you know that?
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