One+One=Three

Like the title says I have to give credit where credit is due. This past weekend (Friday and Saturday for me) was pretty rough and I basically had a meltdown. It all started Friday morning when Toni and I woke up early to get ready. We were supposed to be going out with our realtor to look at some houses.

Eight in the morning rolled around and Toni woke me up since she was already awake with the baby. I rolled out of bed and grabbed a cup of coffee and sat down on the couch with her while Brody fussed. Shortly after I got a phone call from the soon to be ex-realtor. He was canceling due to rain even though it wasn’t raining that hard and also he had not made any appointments. I brushed it off even though I was upset and he rescheduled for Saturday at three.

Well I had been up that night with the baby so the day was rough due to lack of sleep. We decided to get out of the apartment for a while. We went to the mall and walked around then headed over to Costco to pick up a few things. After circling Costco and getting everything we needed we waited in line, got all rung up and swiped my Visa credit card only to find out they only take American Express. I think that is ridiculous seeing that Visa is the most widely accepted card.

We proceeded to leave the store even more pissed off than when we entered. We ventured home and Toni went out to pick up a couple movies while I fed the baby. That night was another restless night as Brody seemed to be suffering from some bad gas that was bothering his tummy.  So I kept myself awake to keep him calm as best as I could.

The next day I received a call that I ignored as I let it go to voicemail. Upon checking the voicemail the frustration went up again. The realtor decided to cancel the appointment that he had just made a day before. That was the last straw for me as he had canceled last minute in the past. I got another realtor’s information from a friend and called him up. 

I was feeling a little better knowing that I would not have to deal with the realtor any more but Brody was still upset and that just dragged me back down. We couldn’t get him to calm down to go to sleep and I snapped. I started being short with our puppy and with Toni because I just wanted Brody to feel better and I felt helpless.

Now on to where the credit is due. Toni, the woman who bore our son for eight months, who suffered through back pains, cramps, and birth came to me and told me to go lay down. She calmed Brody down and got him to sleep and then came in and got me to calm down too. She really is one of the strongest people I know and she deserves so much praise, more that I will ever be able to give, not from lack of trying though.

It makes me wonder how my Mom was able to have myself along with my two older brothers and go through all this stress and come out alive. I guess this is just part of having a child. We are adapting and getting used to it all slowly but surely. I know we will look back on these times and laugh saying it was all worth it.

Tags: baby, family, house, parents, realtor, son, stress, wife

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