February 4, 2008

  • I'm not drunk.

    A drunk usually does not like someone pointing out the fact that they are a drunk....lack of rationality doesn't usually help, and you will usually get a heated angry protest from the from the irritated, albiet tanked, person.

    Having someome accuse you of being drunk when you are not, tho, is infinitely more irritating.

    Yesterday, BF went to a superbowl party.  I did not join him as I had my son.  A neighbor, however, found out I was home alone, and invited me and my son over to their (rather rockin!) party.  We had a blast.  My son ran around with a bunch of kids and wore himself out.  I got to laugh and talk and drink (rather weak) sangria until just after halftime, when I scooped up the boy and headed back home, since I had some work to do before bedtime.

    By the time the game was over, just before ten pm...I was wiped out.  Exhausted.  I had spent the morning cleaning like a maniac, ran around doing errands and playing with my son in the afternoon, suddenly had to be up and lively for an impromtu party and then had to refocus and do ACCOUNTING for an hour before bed.  Needless to say, I went straight up to bed after the game and was out like a light.

    BF called me about an hour later, on the way home from HIS party.  Woke me up from a dead sleep - and I was out of it.  I wanted to talk to him, so I did my best to shake off sleep and talk to him.  And then he accused me of slurring my words and being drunk.  "You're drunk.  I'll talk to you later."  CLICK.   HELLO!?!?!

    RUDE!!!!

    Unfortunately, it's put me in a VERY sour mood this morning.  Why do I let him get to me?  Such a dumb little thing, but it's just grating on my nerves.  He just never seems to think I can actually be tired.  Oh, and add to it that he felt the need to say my son was being "a brat" earlier that day (when BF was over).  Thanks for pointing that out.  He actually wasn't so much being a brat as he was being FOUR....no, it's not pretty, but its life with a toddler.  You don't PUNISH them for their childish reactions, you teach them why they shouldn't pout or yell or whatever it is they've done so they LEARN.  Of course, BF doesn't have kids, so things are straightforward for him.  He doesn't understand and can't understand unless he has a child of his own.  There isn't much that irks me more than having a non-parent tell me I am not parenting correctly.  Well, being accused of being drunk when I'm not irks me more....

    Grrrrr.  Happy Monday.