Becoming Flexible

As I was scrubbing pee off the floor, walls, ceiling(!) and the actual toilet of the boy's bathroom on Saturday my thoughts were going wild. The beginning of the school year for the Huz is always busy. The past two weeks have been brutal as he is up and gone by 4:15 each morning and not home until 6:00 pm. I have been in single parent mommyhood and here I was after a LONG week cleaning the nastiest bathroom ever. Pity party for me as I was on all fours scrubbing away as HE was at the big football game. . . on the field. Brian had slept in until 6:30 AM on Saturday before he was dressed and gone, back to work. Ugh.

I had planned to have a babysitter and was looking forward to joining him for the day and into the evening as he had been working on a HUGE project for the ROTC, HooahPalooza. Here is the Tshirt he designed for the event which was held on campus corner after the game and well into the night. He has been working on this project all summer and was very excited to see it coming together. It was a block party held outside on campus corner where they had coordinated with five different bands for the evening. We were planing on going to the pregame activities, the game and off to the party afterwards. Let the good times roll, yeah!

Only one little glitch, my babysitter was a no-go. Boo! Did it changed his plans? No. Did he have to find a suitable replacement? No. Was he stressed because he hasn't had a 'break' and was exhausted from parent duties? Maybe. That was beside the point, because he still was able to go and enjoy all that he had been working on for so long. I was staying home, no plan B. Hello? Pity party 101.

There I was scrubbing away mad at all the pee two little boys can make and wondering how much a nanny could really cost. Luckily I did have a last minute replacement and although I wasn't able to go to the game or enjoy the fun pregame activities I was going to go to the after party and I was going to make the best of it.

At 6:00 I turned in my mommy card and headed out to meet Brian at campus corner. This was the exact moment a MILLION people were leaving Norman and I sat in traffic for an HOUR wondering again why I was excited to get away from the house. Then I looked down at my gas gauge. Empty. Seriously . . . I am a gas Nazi , yet there I was with a flashing light taunting me as I sat in the middle of traffic.

Did I mention that I left my cell phone at my parent's house, last weekend? Yup. and I still didn't have that dern thing so I have no way of calling Brian to let him know my gas crisis or where the heck I was in this mass of cars. I make it about two miles away when I ask some random if I can use his cell phone. I call Brian in hysterics about the gas issue and then traffic finally begins to move and I throw the phone out the window and go. I pull into a grass parking lot as the van glubs to a stop. I walk towards campus with my purse held closely and my keys outright ready to stab the first person that crosses me(I'm crazy like that).

Luckily half way there Brian spots me as he is making his way trying to find me on the road. All's well and today it makes for a good laugh. At the time, not so funny.

I must brag on my husband, HooahPalooza was awesome. One band in particular you must go see if you are ever in the Norman area, Mike Hosty Duo. Hilarious and very talented. We had the best time! The weather was perfect and even though the day didn't turn out as well as I would have liked, it ended great. I was out until MIDNIGHT and felt like a renewed woman. Poor husband crawled in about 1:30ish and was up this morning bright and early to teach the high school bible class. Gotta love him!

Tomorrow morning class will be conducted in the bathroom as I will once and for all teach the boys how to clean the bathroom MOMMYway. In twenty years their wives will thank me;~)