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take me away. (remember that commercial?)

These last couple days have been nerve-wracking for me. The noisemakers are SO loud and naughty and messy. I guess they're like that all the time, but I've just been hyper-sensitive to it.

Yesterday, The Husband said not to come back from dropping The Girl off until at least 10 am (school drop off is 9 am) so that I could get a bit of alone time and get coffee. So, I dropped The Girl off and had coffee with a friend from The Girl's school. It was nice chatting with another mom but I do just like chatting with this friend in general. It was just nice not having a kid hanging off me or having to referee the Two.

Sure enough, we talked mostly about our kids, school, our kids at school....(remember when as new parents you'd spend most of your alone time with your partner talking about baby poop....well now, it's school).

The Girl has been bringing home behavior she sees from school (not the positive ones) and it has been driving me CRAZY. She's argumentative. She's not listening. She's really aggressive with the Brother (but I tell ya, that Little Man sure does his fair share of instigating). We've talked about good behavior/bad behaviour. We've also talked about our family rules and how that needs to be followed, even when we're away from school...You know, the be kind, be honest, be fair, tell the truth, don't yell at each other but talk with each other kind of rules...

I just need a break....from the kids, from the house, from the noise.

No, I'm not being hormonal, so stuff it.