One of Those Days...

First of all...I LOVE my kids. I love them with all my heart and with everything I am.

That being said, when they make me angry...they REALLY make me angry. I'm not always so quick-tempered. I guess I just get overwhelmed sometimes...and today was one of those days.

First I got an email from one of my son's teachers about his grades in one of his classes. Not really a surprise, because it's typical for him. Laziness throughout the grading period, then hustle at the end and scrape by. He's my social butterfly, and school just has never been the priority for him that it should be. It's FRUSTRATING for me, but I accept him for who he is...but I won't accept failure. He's too smart for that.

Second, they got home from school today and started arguing and sniping as soon as they were in the same room together. I was trying to work, and the constant arguing and sniping was distracting, to say the least. Strike two.

Finally, the third and final strike...I got a call from the high school that the boy has detention Thursday for tardies.While I think detention is probably sort of extreme, considering they're almost three-quarters through the school year and he has a total of three...I also kinda almost get it. Almost. Kinda. But I was pretty much at the end of my rope for the day, so completely lost my patience. I hate when I do that, but I'm only human.

But at the end of the day...I LOVE my kids. With everything that I am. And yes...I remind them of that, even when they piss me off.