Yesterday, the Monster Mom in me surfaced. This rarely happens as I am usually cool, calm and collected. Ahem. But the previous night, I’d slept at 3am from completing assignments (I cannot put them off because I’d then risk not getting further work from said advertiser) and I did a no-no. I was feeling greedy hungry at 11pm and downed 4 slices of a fresh oatmeal loaf with delicious FATTENING butter. Slathers of it.

I paid the price of it the following day.

Those of you who know me, know how ALLERGIC I am to bread. Usually, when I sleep late (even at 4am) and then T2 wakes me anytime between 6-8am, I am fine and can still function till the next evening with ease and coherence. But when I eat things I am not supposed to, my body degenerates temporarily into a lump of lethargy and I can no longer function. For the entire day, I kid you not.

So from the word go, I started the day out grumpily and detested the fact that T1 was not in school and worse, I had to take her for a birthday party. There went my plan to lust after the early morning display of beautiful gowns and beautiful shoes and beautiful bags and beautiful accessories and beautiful hair……..blek.

I was in pain. So much pain that I laid flat on the floor with the TV on but could barely even muster up the energy to watch beyond half an hour before I passed out. Breakfast? Thank God, the Hubs had laid it all out for them before he left for work. I explained to the two of them that Mommy was having a bad day and that they were on their own. When T2 wanted cheese, T1 got it for her. When T1 wanted a drink, she’d get it herself. Under no circumstance were they to call Mommy for help. Unless it was an emergency. Intermittently, I’d remind T1 that she’d have to complete that little bit of homework from school.

When time came for us to leave for the party, my body cells started screaming and begging. Please!!! Stay home!!! We need the rest!!!! I was completely torn between taking the girls out for a kiddy party or just laying flat. And then I asked T1 if she’d done that little bit of homework, the one which would have taken her 5 minutes. I must have reminded her 10 times all morning to do it and of course, she hadn’t, the great procrastinator that she is.

I told her that I had already warned her that she needed to finish her homework before we went out for the party and why had she not done it?!!! She started giving excuses, said it was so easy and that she could do it after we got home. And then with every remark I’d made, she had a comeback, not rude but a comeback nevertheless. My madness started escalating till I started shouting and tore up the nearest book within sight (bad example – guilty as charged) because she was so bloody ungrateful. Here I was, sacrificing my life for them and she had this sense of entitlement???

My fury got the better of me and I decided, that’s it. No more parties. No more anything until she became responsible enough to respect me and do what I say without me having to nag her to death. I explained to her that there are certain things that just needed to be done, like it or not, and homework was one of them. And should she choose to disregard her responsibilities, then one by one, her activities will get slashed, starting with soccer……then taekwondo…….etc.

Kids these days! They really get it too easy. I am changing that for sure. The Monster Mom ROARS!!!

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