Lately I've been depressed. I get this way every summer. It's a combination of the heat, having to look at my kids 24/7 and lack of sleep:
- The weather is hot and humid.. today the weather report says 86% humidity - it almost feels like Florida here.
- I am sick of my kids. They do nothing but fight all the time and I even drag some of them with me to work so really I never get a break from them.
- And I'm not getting enough sleep because the kids are up until late (fighting and watching TV) and even though I just give up and go to bed I still find the noise they make disturbing.
I was chatting to my mother about the idea of taking a break from blogging. My blog has just turned into a big long list of complaints...how depressing! But my mother says she enjoys reading about what I'm up to and she likes knowing that the kids are driving me crazy. She keeps mentioning something about it being 'pay back time'.
Today I decided to break up the monotony and go to the museum. I took Jenna and Sara and we planned to meet Tara and her stepsons who had never been to the museum. I made sure to park my car in the safest place I could.. about 25 feet away from an ATM machine and on a main road. We did our thing in the museum and I was happy and content. The feeling of depression was fading! Oh at last I would be able to post something uplifting on my blog! Nothing to complain about now! I'm happy!
Then back to the car to go home. What do you suppose we found?
Car door open... no radio.... sigh.......
Medusa sculpture in Tripoli's museum