Seriously.
First, I must start out by saying that I had a truly horrible day. My kids were rotten. They are sometimes difficult, but rarely rotten like they were today. They were ROTTEN which resulted in a massive headache. My husband came home from work and announced that he had to go hometeaching in half an hour. I panicked and told him I first had to run to the store (withOUT the kids) to get things we were out of (I told him bread and milk; I meant diet coke.) So I did my quick store run, came home, got the kids bathed, brushed (teeth -- of course) and tucked in bed. I then went to load my precious diet cokes into the fridge when to my absolute DISMAY the box ripped and out tumbled each little pop can -- bouncing all over the floor and then spurting little fountains of diet coke all over the kitchen floor and opened refrigerator. It was quite a comical scene I am sure watching me trying to catch the cans while avoiding the diet coke fountains -- neither of which were a success.
My reaction: a full-blown temper tantrum. I jumped up and down -- screamed "NO NO NO NO NO NO!!!!" I even kicked my flip flops off as hard as I could into the next room. When I finally settled down I could kind of/sort of/maybe see the humor in the situation. I mean did this REALLY JUST HAPPEN to me on this pretty much crappy day? Yep. But let me tell you. That little tantrum was the best thing I could have done. I FELT better. I even thought about doing it again. I am going to stop punishing my kids when they have temper tantrums. Honestly they help you blow off steam and feel a whole heck of a lot better.
I strongly recommend a good adult temper tantrum every once in awhile. I also recommend keeping plenty of diet coke on hand at ALL times.
