A day as testament to my idiocy.

Today, was a day truly a testament to my flakiness. (What’s another word for it? Stupidity? Can’t get it together?)

Sometimes, I have no idea how my mind works. Here’s what I have accomplished so far and the day is not over yet. I almost burned my house from greese fire with my kids nearby. I got a parking ticket and I got every thing wet in the van after forgetting to close the window in the van. Sigh…. again. What am I going to do with myself. Like I’ve said it again and again. I am soooo sick of my self.

It started by having a pretty good day. I took the kids in the morning to Gymalaya where it was there last day of gymnastics the parents were to take photos of their kids doing their cartwheels and jumps. Its a pretty big room, but it was hard to get good shots of the kids cause other parents were all crowding around the equipment trying to get good shots of their kids. At the end the kids ran up on the scaffold where they got their ribbon and everyone cheered. Of course, not my son who didn’t want a ribbon, or stamp. My daughter is another story. She absolutely loves to be a triumphant champion and to have all attention on her.

I had more errands to run with my kids and it would have been easier to get food from a drive-through. But in my efforts to be a better Mom and save money, I took the kids home to have a proper lunch.

I had them sit at the kitchen table, which is only about a foot from the stove, and put oil in the pan to heat it. While they waited I gave some cerial to tie them over. As I put the frozen chicken patty on the hot frying pan, it began splashing hot oil and then suddenly burst into flames. The flames became so high that they spread all under the cupboards against the backsplash. It was very scary. I’m surprised that the paper towels didn’t catch fire. I grabbed the frying pan and threw it into the sink. I know that you are not supposed to put water in that type of fire, but dropping it into the sink did the trick.

For the record, putting a lid on it would have been the fastest way to put the fire out. As my husband later told me. I realized after the incident that I don’t know how to use the fire extinguisher and have no idea if ours works or not. So that’s something that I need to look into.

My kids began to cry. The smoke detector went off. Arianna wanted to go outside right away. She said that now she wanted a new house. (As I related the story to my sister, she pointed out that if we went to a new house, the Mommy would still be coming with them. HAHA. ). I gave the kids hugs, said we won’t eat in the kitchen any more. Its really a very small space. And I explained that it was my mistake. But sometimes accidents and emergencies happen. I took the opportunity to explain to Arianna about 911.

 So we went to Wendy’s. Spent a small fortune on food and we went walking around the plaza. It was actually quite nice. We sat on a bench and practiced reading the store signs. I have to say, Nathan read everything first. (He tought himself to read before he turned 3 years old.) After that Arianna had to go potty and we went to Reitman’s. While in there it started to rain heavily, and when we got back to the van I realized that the car’s passenger window was open. It rained on the seats and the camera in the box I planned to return. And it rained on my nutrisystem meal planner.

The kids fell asleep on the way home. So I thought I would go to Bayview and Eglinton to get the Klean Kanteen. I didn’t have cash and for some reason I just didn’t think that I would get a ticket. But I did. Ok. So there’s the end to my idiotic day so far.