Request for Vacation Day

Hi, I've got my form all filled out, and I'd like to submit it please? Yes, um, it's for a vacation day (or two). Mommy could use a little time alone.

Four years old... completely sucks. The surge of independence and strong will are exhausting and sometimes embarrassing. Like when it gets exerted in front of my in-laws. Why is everything a test of my ability to hold my temper? Whoever slipped my little sweet angel a big fat pill of talk-back, roll-eyes, stomp foot, pout, point finger, argue, sneer, grunt, and whine... I'm going to hunt you down and kill you with kindergarten scissors.

Here's what it leads to... resentment & jealosy. My life didn't use to consist of this. In some former shell of myself, I wasn't easily provoked to anger and outbursts of threats. I was compassionate, loving, and willing. Now? Now I'm perpetually aggitated. Easily set off into hostility, and only soothed by something fattening. Lately, a Starbucks Carmel Macchiato is working nicely. Especially when downed with a bag of hersey's kisses.

Vacation day approved? There's an oasis out there somewhere.