Today was Jessica's first day of school. Wow, how great is that, right? She was ready early, excited about the bus (taxi) ride to school with her friends, and raring to go. Then things started to slide down hill. Painfully. We noticed that the bus was a little bit late, but it's the first day, and that is expected. Then the call came. It was a friend on the bus. They had missed our stop and had no plans on coming back. This is no big deal for normal schools, but when your kid goes to HS an hour away in a different country, it starts to become a bigger deal. Let's just say things were a little tense for about 20 minutes. Thank goodness for calm thinking friends who know who to call in these situations. The bus showed up and Jess was finally on her way. Big sigh of relief. And then...the phone rings. "Hi, is Brandon sick today?" "Uh, no, why do you ask?" "I was just wondering if he was coming to school today." Crap. Turns out I had misread the email about school. I thought they were off Monday and Tuesday, but that was the Kindergartners and First Graders. Brandon was late for school. Ugh. We hadn't even heard the bus come for him, probably due to the earlier turmoil. A good Mom would have probably made a special treat for the first day. She would have laid out his clothes and cooked him a healthy three course breakfast to start his morning off right. Maybe even have snuck a little note in his notebook to make him smile later on in the day. That didn't happen here. We ran around in total chaos while he got ready quickly and then drove over to school. Head hung low, I slunk into the classroom and explained the reason for Brandon's late arrival. Luckily she understood. Ugh. Double ugh. 
As punishment for my being such a bad Mommy today, I tackled the dreaded lime green upstairs hallway. I am pretty sure that you could see this hallway from space. The kids pointed out that we didn't need to turn the hall light on at night, because the walls glowed. 
As punishment for my being such a bad Mommy today, I tackled the dreaded lime green upstairs hallway. I am pretty sure that you could see this hallway from space. The kids pointed out that we didn't need to turn the hall light on at night, because the walls glowed. I started at 10:30 this morning and finished at 3 pm. That will give you an idea of how many coats of beige paint it took to cover the lime green walls. Lots. More than lots. At least it's done. I hope tomorrow goes smoother. This sort of thing never happens to Martha Stewart. Of course, she did end up in jail. It could always be worse. Then again, there is always tomorrow...
Europeans LOVE their loud paint colors!! The beige looks great, especially with the gorgeous wood floors!! Good job, Martha... ;)
ReplyDeleteIronically, the American that rented this house before us painted it this color. :0) Go figure! Thanks a bunch. It does look much nicer now. I get to hang pictures soon.
ReplyDeleteI'm starting to believe that the motto..atleast when it comes to home decor in this country..."If it's on clearance, it'll look FANTASTIC in my house!". They MUST use that logic when it comes to wallpaper / paint! Atleast they HAD to have done that with the stuff that's in my house!
ReplyDeleteThe new color looks faaaahbulous dahhling!
I kind of like the green! Maybe not in the hall though. But that's more the color that I thought Angela would go with, instead of the brillant orange she picked.
ReplyDeleteI could have handled the green better in not so public a place. Plus, it didn't go at all with the pine floors and brown/red brick. :0)
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