I Really Should Drink More

[ciroccoj]

Looong day with the kids. Justin was Stitch all day. Relentlessly, ruthlessly, tirelessly destructive and loud. I swear some days I think God is out to get me. I thought Daniel was exhausting, with his boundless energy and tireless curious questions. But at least he asked questions that could be answered. Justin just asks unanswerables, and when he's not doing that, he's destroying. I'm so tired of finding broken things all over our home - pens, paper, toys, furniture... I mean, before Justin I had no idea it was possible to break off the black keys on a piano. I didn't know that if you slammed the seat down hard enough, often enough, you could actually break a toilet seat.

I often wonder what life must be like for Justin. I think he must live in a world where his slightest move shatters everything, and his lightest whisper causes wincing in everybody around him. It must be a very uncomfortable world.

I really should drink more. I often think that, but since it never occurs to me to drink unless somebody offers me alcohol, I don't get far with it. But life certainly does seem somewhat more mellow after a beer or a margarita. The kid's just broken yet another toy? Ah, whatever, he's got lots of others. He's just spilled all of his dinner? Heh. That soup looked cute, flying through the air.

Why the hell don't I do this more often?

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[snarkhunter.livejournal.com]

Why the hell don't I do this more often?

I ask myself that question all the time.

B/c that's the first step down the road to alcoholism?

(Not to sound preachy or scolding. At all. Believe me, I admire the patience of parents of young children. I marvel at you, with your little Stitch, and pray that I have half of your patience.)

[ciroccoj.livejournal.com]

B/c that's the first step down the road to alcoholism?

Heh - I used to be deadly scared of alcohol and drugs when I was in high school, since I have a very, very addictive personality (hello, 19 fics written since I picked up this last little habit?). But at some point I realized that's maybe one of the only addictions I don't have to fear. For some reason, chemicals just don't interest me that much - like I said, unless somebody suggests it, it doesn't occur to me to indulge, even when I probably should ;)

I should take part in addictions research. I probably have some sort of enzyme deficiency or something, that makes me immune to chemical addictions. That could probably be marketed bigtime if they could figure out what it is and how to simulate it.