What the Hell...Flying Cake!!

I have had an entire summer to figure out what the hell I am doing and I am no closer to figuring that out than I was two months ago. I must admit that my summer was much better than I had anticipated. I figured the kids would drive me nuts and I would be completely fried by the time it was over. For some reason, believe it or not, we had a lot of fun. I was almost sad when the kids went back to school. I got over it pretty quickly. Today was Eddie's golden birthday. She had been promised a little trampoline by her dad about a month ago which should have left plenty of time to order it and have it ready for her birthday. But since he was the 'promiser' her birthday has come and gone without a present in sight. Not that I'm an angel...I have also disappointed the kids on occasion. But I knew the second he told her she could have one for her birthday that he was gong to blow it off like he does everything else and she would be left without anything. It happens the vast majority of times that he promises someone something. I guess they should be used to it by now. She has been bugging the crap out of him ever since to take her to the store and get her one. Normally I would tell her to stop making her daddy feel bad, but I'm not going to this time. Maybe sometimes people should feel bad for their actions. If they don't then they will never change, right? I went out on Friday and got Eddie a princess cake. Today I was carrying it across the kitchen and it slipped right out of its packaging and launched itself onto the kitchen counter. She was not pleased with me, to say the least. In my defense it was just part of the cake because we had celebrated her birthday the night before. She didn't care. It was still the biggest tragedy of her life up to that point. Until I screw up again, of course. Eddie has a lot of tragedies. Probably hundreds a day. I have lost count. Thank goodness she has started school. I am so very excited to see what comes of this year. If I can't fix things without children underfoot then I guess there is no hope for me. We will just have to wait and see. Wish me luck!!