It's Not Fair

It's hard trying to keep three children happy at the same time. Last night, they got the best of me. Kianna was invited to sleep over at a friend's house. No problem. But then Emily was upset because she was going to be all alone. Randy wanted to sleep over at a friend's house as well, but that got cancelled. I did a few deliveries yesterday and had a little bit of cash on me, so I offered to take Randy and Emily out to a movie while Kianna was at her friend's house. That way, everybody got to do something special. For a moment, everybody was happy.

Then, Randy asked if his friend could come to the movies with us. I said okay, but he pays his own way and no sleepovers. Of course, then Emily was upset that she didn't have a friend with her. It was at this point that Emily's friend calls and asks to sleep over at our house. We were on our way out the door to the movie. I couldn't afford to pay for the girl to come with us and didn't feel right about inviting her and asking her to pay her own way. (It's different with Randy's friend because he's older and has his own money and I'm more of just a driver to him than a babysitter) So, in a moment of weakness, I said that Emily could call the girl back after the movie and she could sleep over at our house. Then, since Emily was getting both a movie and a sleepover, I invited Rand'ys friend to sleepover at our place as well. Then I realized that Kianna only got a sleepover and missed the movie entirely. So now, I feel like I have to make it up to Kianna somehow. Are you still following me?

Randy's friend came to the movie with us but wasn't allowed by his parents to sleep over. Emily's friend came over at 10 o'clock last night and is still here this morning. Kianna should be home soon from her friend's house. Hubby worked 20 out of 24 hours of his day yesterday. He's out right now working too. In the few minutes of time I spent with him yesterday on the phone, he told me what to do with the kids and what needs to be done around the house.

I told him that if he wanted to be here in the house, he could make the decisions and tell us how things should be run - BUT, he was away all day yesterday and I was the one at home and therefore I WAS IN CHARGE! Argh! I feel like I'm being pulled in five different directions and there's no way that I can make everybody happy at once. It would be great to spend a day as a family and do something together - just us. But with everyone having their own very different schedules, it's quite the juggling act.