The children....

last night, i think i realized what life must be like for my friends who have children....one, two, three, it must be crazy. but here is what happened.

i have a butt load of homework due in the next two weeks. two group projects and presentations (both include group papers that are 15-20 pages), a final homework, and a final exam. so, i had no after work commitments yesterday and decided i would dedicate the evening to getting some of the work done.

now, as some of you may know i have been home for the last 10 days (if you don't know, read "i feel weird")...so the dog and cats have had alot of "mommy" time with me....i couldn't do anything for most of those 10 days, so i laid in my bed or on the couch.....and they got all the attention they wanted....jack was sooo good in that time, he usually just laid with me, not getting into anything or doing anything bad....the cats too.

in my wisdom, i figured this behavior would continue....the "children" had been so good while i was stuck at home, they would continue to be good....i could probably get alot of work done. that was the plan....then i got home...

jack decided that he was going to be a pain about everything....chasing the cats around the house, digging up one of the house plants and after i cleaned it up, digging it up again....tater insisted on sitting on my lap or in front of the computer the whole time....and bella wanted food, to go outside, to come inside, to go outside again, to tease jack so he will chase her around the house....it went on like this for hours....no treat i gave jack interested him....nothing got tater and bella to be like cats and just sit in the corner.....NOTHING.

it figures in the time i need to do work, they all act up....all i wanted to do was get some extra credit work done for my stats class....and get some of the writing done for the two group papers, because i (someone kick me) volunteered to do the majority of the writing for both papers....yes, that was my "i need to be an overachiever" that came out when i volunteered to do that....the others in my two groups are wonderful and i have enjoyed working with them, but really, they are all very laid back about their grades and work....i needed to know it will be done.

to my friends with kids- this is why i don't have them....i couldn't imagine what last night would have been like if the animals were humans....and i had to pay all this attention to them after having been home with them for so many days in a row....i give you all alot of credit, good work on doing it all....

i did get some of the work done....with no help from the children.