We are in town this weekend, due to my son's busy social schedule. He had a birthday party from 11-12:30. Birthday parties are a big part of my business, so I'm hyper-aware of how my competitors do theirs.

I kick this place's ass.

First, the address on the website is wrong, and if you put it in your GPS, it will take you to a place that has not much to do with where you are. Then I called the place and said "huh?" and the girl who answered said "yeah, i'm not sure how you get here." WHAT? OH MY GOD. There was a firefighter fundraiser (a bar-b-q at the Piggly-Wiggly. Welcome to Alabama! Even if it *was* Mountain Brook) and they showed me the way. AND they gave H a plastic fireman's hat. Awesome.

Get to the place late, which I knew would be a problem because H wouldn't have tme to transition, and he didn't. Everyone was lining up and following directions, and he was still in run-around-like-a-loon mode. Then by the time he was ready to do X, the group was ready to move to Y. So he missed out on X and pitched a mini fit. Lather, rinse, repeat.

Note, he only does this way with me. If my husband had been there it would have been no problem.

They had the kids (3 and 4 year olds) sitting and waiting to do a bunch of things one at a time. Yeah, that doesn't work so well. And there were big kids who were getting annoyed with the little ones who weren't wanting to sit still. You can't ask kids to run and jump for a while, then to sit, and then to jump one at a time. It just doesn't work. A body in motion wants to stay in motion, and all that.

And then this thing happened at work. Trivial, but annoying. Something is going to be a problem, but wouldn't have been if one phone call was made to me when they realized what was wrong. Instead, they waited and now it's too late. JUST CALL ME.

My husband has a cold, and when he is sick he is the sickest person who has ever been. I can have no idea what fresh hell he is suffering. When I am sick?  I just need to get up and get moving to feel better, according to him.

I think that I need a nap.