"just rest and put your feet up"

that's what the doctor said. lol. he has never been to my house. he has never ventured into the land of "yabuts"*

"mom has to take it easy tonight"

"yabut can you just help us set up for water balloons?"

"tonight's not a good night for that"

"yabut we'll clean it up ourselves we promise"

"maybe tomorrow night"

"yabut we really want to play"

"mom has to lie down for awhile, remember i said i didn't feel good and couldn't get stressed?"

"yabut we weren't going to make stress!!"

"please go do something else.."

"can we go for a bike ride?"

"you can't go without a grown-up"

"yabut dad let's us"

"YABUT I AM NOT DAD. I AM THE MEANEST MOM IN THE WORLD AND I CAN'T GET STRESSED OUT TONIGHT!!!!!!" *head begins to spiral in linda blair-like fashion, eyes bulge out, voice cracks, doing the whole body "mom has finally lost it" shake*

"......."

and there ya have it. a quiet night of calm, bon bon eating, stress-free relaxation. uh huh.

good thing red wine is good for the blood, eh? medicinal purposes ;)

*yabuts happily swiped from GENUINE