Is Today Over Yet?

Seriously! It's not over but I am definitely over it. I swear, I truly believe that the weather can have an affect on mood. It has been cloudy, gloomy, and stormy all day and those three words pretty much sum up the mood in this household. Talan had to have come close to breaking a record for time spent melting down and screaming his head off this afternoon. I started to have an anxiety attack and ended up raising my voice at my three month old! I'm not proud of it....but I am human and I definitely have a breaking point. Unfortunately yelling "Talan, PLEASE stop crying" didn't work out for me. I resorted to blaring my iPod until the sound of music drowned out the sound of the cries and he finally cried himself to sleep. I figured that his episode was caused by extreme exhaustion but there was really nothing I could do for him. After you've fed, rocked, walked, sang to, changed, etc. there is nothing left outside of waiting for him to give in to Mr. Sandman. As if my day hasn't been delightful enough, Kevin is traveling (for the second night this week) and won't be home until who-knows-when. His flight out of Florida was just delayed for the 2nd time. We've been stuck inside, bored, all day today so I'm shocked at how well behaved Reese has been. And I'm also shocked at how well she handles his crying. I should take notes. She very rarely complains when he's screaming and crying. It is not easy to ignore it. Trust me. She's also just so calm and relaxed. Rather than trying to solve an impossible problem she just talks to him in a gentle voice....or sometimes, like today, she just looks over at me, smacks her forehead, rolls her eyes and says something along the lines of "Geez Louise" or "Eye-ye-yey" or "Dude, please chill". And now I will take this time to laugh hysterically at my theory on weather affecting mood. Hello?!? We lived in Seattle where we saw the sun a total of 12 times in a 365 day span. I wasn't the happiest person alive for the 10 years we lived there but I tried not to make a habit out of releasing my inner Donna Downer (that was for you Mom!). This is the first gloomy day in weeks and I can't deal. Chicago knocked the Seattle out of me faster than I thought it would. /complaining. Tomorrow is a new day. Sunshine is predicted and my manny (a.k.a. the hubs) will be working from home. Thanks for reading.