I have a great husband who knows my limits, and one of those limits is how much time I can spend around other people – including my precious child – before I start to slowly go mad. An introvert at heart, I require a decent amount of down time alone each day so I can recover from the hours I spend being pulled at, whined to, and drooled on. My need for breaks is naturally at odds with my husband’s need to, you know, go to work and earn money so he can support our family. He works an odd schedule, so I am fortunate that he has more time than most husbands to entertain and bond with the kiddo, which allows me some time off. Unfortunately, he travels sometimes – leaving me alone with a toddler for days at a time. Like I said, he knows my limits, and he almost always arranges with his parents for the kiddo to spend the night at least once while my husband is gone. This way he doesn’t come home to an irritable wife who’s likely to sigh loudly and slam doors and yell at the dogs. Or...

One of the dogs peed in the dining room. I don’t know which one, and neither is talking. It left a sprinkle of yellow spots that I got out with Resolve Pet Stain carpet cleaner. As a result, though, the carpet is lighter where it’s been cleaned. Which means either the carpet cleaner is killer, or I’m a crappy housekeeper. One of those.  Then I chased down the kiddo, who is suffering from spring allergies, to give him some Benadryl. Which he spit out on the dining room carpet, leaving a pink blob somewhat near the now-light-tan spots. I reached for the closest napkin to wipe up the pink, which happened to be one of the variety which has a decorative border of blue and green squares on it. One of these squares, naturally, transferred to the carpet as a green spot.  My dining room is a multi-colored rainbow. It’s pink and tan and blue and yellow. You know, for spring.