Friday the 5th

Just a warning... this was NOT a good day for me!!

6am I wake up and I get ready and do some devotionals.

7am Makenzie wants out of her crib after playing a little bit. I could tell right away that she was in pain from teething!! She didn't want to be dressed, didn't want to eat, didn't want to play.

8am I made chocolate chip cookies and tried to have Mak play on the floor while I was cooking, but she just wanted to be held! So, I held her while they were baking and we read some books and played. Pete thought that he would be home around noon to head up to WI so I was trying to keep her awake so that she would nap in the car.

9am Pete calls to say he is on his way back to the shop so I started packing his truck up (he left it home for me to pack while he was working). Mak did NOT like this. Every time I went outside she would scream bc she wanted to go out at play. She loves being outside ANYTIME ANY DAY.

10am I get a call from Pete saying that he is on call for a 1pm pickup and he's excited to take the 18-wheeler with a special trailer for a spin... me... not so happy. I was wanting to get out of the house!! ( I have a really hard time staying in the house by myself... it sounds silly but it is just a sad place to me right now.) I put Mak down for a nap and had a two hour window to finish cleaning (we had a showing at 3:30), packing (to be ready before the showing), and getting random stuff like watering flowers and getting food ready for the weekend. The two hours went by fast but I got alot done.

12pm We eat lunch... but Makenzie didn't want anything... except for the chocolate chip cookie I gave her at the end. Opps. She was still a mess from teething so I took her to the park to get her mind off of it. We had a great time on the slide and she loved the swings. It was all great until we walked home, which she SCREAMED the whole time. She didn't want to leave but I knew we had to get out of the door by 3 before the realtor showed up. The Cortland cop was nice enough to wave and smile at me as he drove by on the walk home but I know he was really just laughing inside... that or getting ready to call and report me for making my child leave the park unwillingly.

2pm After about breaking down from frustration and disappointment in taking ALL DAY to clean up, pack and get out of the house I decided that we both needed ice cream. JUST IN TIME I heard a Harley roll by and I thought "Oh, that's just the guy down the street but it would be great if that was mom and dad...." AND IT WAS. They wanted to see if she wanted to go on her first motorcycle ride but she wasn't very happy at that point so it didn't work. She just wanted my dad to hold her, which worked out great so I could throw everything in the truck, empty the diaper pail, pick up the leftover toys and walk through and make sure the house was ready to show.

3pm We all go for ice creme and I waited at Ollie's (the ice cream place) until Pete was done. They had a grassy place for Makenzie to run while we waited. My mom drove our car back home for us so Mak, Pete & I jumped in the truck to GET OUT OF CORTLAND!!! After a three hour car ride (Mak didn't sleep the whole time) we got to the condo.

6pm We get there and our key doesn't work... after I panicked Pete found that the contractor hid a key for us!! We unpack and I get news from our realtor that the people loved the house and they were considering it over the weekend. PRAY IT SELLS.

7pm Jeff & Char come to the condo with stuff for s'mores, praise the Lord. I had some chocolate and things seemed to calm down as we talked and as Pete took over the chasing of our one year old. We played some bago when Jeb & Stiener showed up and had a good time.

8pm Mak went to bed and Pete's parents went home. Jeb, Steiner, Pete & I watched some TV and talked until about 11pm when we crashed. All I can say is "Mama said there'd be days like this" and she was RIGHT.