Nothing a little chewing gum & diet coke can't fix...

This week I have had to be at work by 7 am... thus meaning I need to drag little Miss Sunshine out of bed by 6 am. (she is NOT a morning person..)

So this morning we had a full blown fit at 6.:15... I tried to do all of the things a good mommy should... I hugged her, I apologized for getting her up so early... I promised we would do fun things when mommy got home ... She was not buying it... She was in hysterics at this point... and as we all know... MOMMY is at a breaking point.... So I did something I have never done before...

I asked her if she would like some soda with her breakfast... " HUH? WHAT? "

sweet S- I- L- E- N- C- E.



OMG ... give the screaming monster something it wants & I get sudden peace... Wow... that worked so well, I asked if she wanted some chewing gum to go along with it.... She thought that was a SUPER DUPER idea....

So I have now hit an all time LOW... I gave my 3 year old Coke & Gum for breakfast.... & made her pinkie promise not to tell anyone. (Before you call child services,I did pack a breakfast to take to daycare.)

I have decided today... NO MORE MOPING ... NO MORE WHINING... If I have to take the easy way out...damn it... I will bribe the kids & whoever else I need to with all kinds of crap until things get back to normal.

Yesterday I was feeling pretty sorry for myself... I am a worrier by nature... so not only did I have all of the hospital crap going on... the Dr. said Bjørn would most likely not be going to the states with us... and of COURSE this year instead of flying right home to my parents from Oslo...we decided we would take a train to Sweden fly into Chicago.. few days sightseeing... would stay in Chicago on the way back from KC...bla bla bla... all of a sudden I just start PANICKING...



How am I going to do this great big trip with 2 kids by myself? Of course my parents offered to drive 9+ hours to pick us up in Chicago...(ya a few days before the big wedding I sure that is exactly what they need right now)

On my way into work this morning I just started wondering...WHO AM I? What have I become?..beside a great big cry baby.



This is the girl who backpacked through Europe 3 times before I was 22.... this is the girl who had her nose broken in Italy...an apendectomy in Turkey...all by myself...moved to Norway not speaking the language & barely knowing the man I promised to spend the rest of my life with... I am not a sissy.....surely I can get through Chicago with 2 kids by myself.

Gosh darn it... I can do it... just need to start stocking up on gum & coke...