I Will Not Have A Meltdown

I will not have a meltdown even though:

• I ate several pieces of Sam's Valentine candy for lunch.  He's a toddler.  He doesn't know the difference. And I didn't eat real food so that I wouldn't take in too many calories.  And calories don't count on Hallmark holidays anyway. 

• I just baked a cake for my Valentine using a cake mix, jello and lots of cream cheese frosting.  The baker in me is insulted, but I will keep it together and likely eat it with joy.  

• Our cat has had a mistaken gender identity since August.  More on that later.

• Owen's bed has been dismantled by children thinking that he needed his twin mattress to be moved upstairs to his sisters room, without adult assistance.  I'll deal with that one when the dishes are done.  

• Our desktop computer crashed on Friday and hasn't been recovered.  I may be in denial, but we will get it back.  We were in the process of finding a new system to back things up when someones little fingers pressed the wrong button.  That is several years of photos and videos that must be salvaged or this Mama may cry for weeks, possibly years, over the loss.  We are taking suggestions on this one.  

I will not have a meltdown because my kids attacked me with kisses this morning to wish me a happy Valentine's.  It was the best gift in the world.  Then I watched them ingest more sugar than should legally be allowed at a Valentine's bowling party with our homeschool co-op.  There isn't much cuter than 50 kids throwing bowling balls down bumper lanes and cheering when they get one pin, especially after ingesting high fructose corn syrup.  

I will not have a meltdown today, or tomorrow.  But maybe on Wednesday - if the computer still isn't working.  We'll see about that.