Mother of the Year? That's me....

Being a mom and the other 80 hats that I often wear is hard. Freaking hard. There are days that I want to run away screaming and never come back. And let's just say that any mom out there who says that thought hasn't crossed her mind often is full of crap. Completely.

Take yesterday for instance. The boys were both not feeling 100% (stupid Fall colds!) and my Tuesday sitter bailed. Thanks, Mom! No, really, she just had to work. Whatevs. So I'm home. We literally have no groceries (see above paragraph as to why!) so I thought I'd take the boys to Costco to get some necessities. They were angels in Costco. Angels. Well, I knew we'd need to eat. So I thought we'd stop by Chipotle on the way home. Apparently that sent Brody over the edge. Why? Apparently today he doesn't like burritos, tacos or nachos. Trying to explain to him that we're going in for a minute so I can get my food is like ripping his eyelashes out one by one. I digress. I had a small toddler on my hip and a screaming, large toddler standing next to me while trying to juggle my purse, be nice to the Chipotle employee, and stay calm, cool and collected.

Brody, who is usually pretty awesome and listens well, has a meltdown while walking through the doors. He doesn't want to move. So I have to drag his skinny arms through the long line all while he's tantruming. Yep. I was that mom. I order, Brody's yelling and I ignored him. I smiled and nodded like nothing was wrong all while my toddler was a heathen. I paid, got them both out to the van, buckled them both in their respective car seats and then started crying. In the Chipotle parking lot. I sobbed behind my steering wheel  for about 5 minutes. Quality. Brody kept asking me what was wrong. I wanted to yell at him for being a brat but I pulled myself together, started the van and went to McDonald's to get my rugrats food. I got the last word in though. I came home, forced them to eat lunch and put us all in bed for nap time. Nap time is divine.

Mom 1, Brody and Eli 95.