At the moment I am sitting on the settee and our rabbit is jumping all over my lap top - honestly, if it isn’t the kids…! Have entered a relatively calm patch in our household which is a bit weird as I am waiting for something to hit the fan soon!
I think though that because we have entered a brief hiatus, all the little things that I wouldn’t normally notice have become more obvious and therefore more irritating. The main thing that I have noticed is how seemingly trivial events which others never notice, have such a big impact on our lives. Michaels school coat, for example, has gone missing for the second time in a fortnight. No big deal, especially with the lovely weather we are now having, but this is the only coat that he will wear in and out of school so if he does need it we either have to literally have a fight to get a different one on or he gets cold. Our dishwasher was supposed to be delivered last week and due to an incompetent sales man it was delayed a week. No big deal, but this resulted in an hour long tantrum by Michael who had been prepped for its arrival with everyone who got in his way getting thumped. Elise’s transport has changed slightly to fit in better for the Escort (!) so she is now getting home ten minutes later, the same time as Michael. Because he has his rigid routine, Elise has to virtually be ignored for 15 minutes, which of course leads to her attention seeking and the whole evening is thrown out. (Do it the other way around and things are even worse.)
All little inconsequential events and the perpetrators are unaware of the repercussions of their actions, most of which are inadvertent. However, like a little butterfly, these little ripples lead on to certain chaos. Have got no solution to all this, but sometimes wish that people would be a little more astute and thinking in their actions.