Cream is a Dairy Product and is a Valid Source of Protein and Calcium, Right?!

Today, I've been running my butt off. I shuttled kids to school and pre-school. I bought the majority of my xmas list online via Amazon or the old-fashioned way to Costco, to the Redmond Town Center Mall, and even Costplus. I went on field trip. I shuttled kids from after school activities to three straight hours of swimming. The end result was exhaustedly, we open the front door at 7:44 PM, knowing we have to get up at 5 AM for swim practice, knowing we haven't done our homework or projects, and finally knowing that there isn't a crumb of dinner in the house to be had.

I start unloading the car, and for the second night out of three, I tell the kids to forage. PB makes microwaved quesadilla; Lil Man eats crumbs of afternoon scone, cereal and grapefruit juice; my eldest begrudging eats dry Chex cereal. We have no milk so I tell him to use the heavy whipping cream or the non-fat half and half. He baulks and... get this... I try to tell my 10 year old that he needs the protein, so the cream is "healthy." Having none of that, he reads the label and arches an eyebrow at me. Yup, my kids have been taught to read labels and he knows the grams of fat and sugar are NOT good. I sense no mother of the year award coming this way.

So what was I thinking. Who the heck knows! My only defense is I have been working on 5 hours of sleep or less a night and haven't drank coffee since Sunday morning. Those who know me know that is very, very bad. I have had the caffeine addicted 6 cup a day withdrawal headache for days, added to starting yet another period. PMS and caffeine withdrawal and kid overload. Stupid! Stupid! Just no time to make coffee when there are kids to get ready and swimming practice.

Can I tell you I can't wait for my husband to make it home tonight? I might just run madly from the house...straight to Starfucks for a triple shot in the dark--squared!

'lisciously scribed by Scout's Honor @ 9:14 PM