Are you kidding me!?!

Today has been one of those days. You know... the ones where you would rather be anywhere but here! As if a normal day isn't enough to drive you into wanting to throw yourself from a window of a 10 story building. Between constantly cleaning up after Damon, to fighting with Ashlyn about actually eating some real food for a change, and glancing at the bathrooms that have needed cleaning for days. These are normal days... but today we had some things added to the bliss of our everyday lives. To start things off... Terry left us this morning for Boise, and won't be coming back til Friday night. (Thats right serial killers... we will be home alone for the next 3 nights.)  But as Terry drives away to what I can only imagine to be a quiet few nights without hassling with the kids, I am sitting at the table feeding Damon a bowl of Cocoa Pebbles. Terry had just finished telling Damon to "be good for Mom", when Damon gets this sweet little smile on his face, reaches over, and purposefully knocks the entire bowl of cereal right into my lap. I just sit there stunned. Its one of those things where you have absolutely no idea what to do next. I can't sit at the table covered in cereal all day, but if I stand up and try to make my way over to the sink, I just leave a trail of cereal and milk behind me to clean up. So I eventually get up and spread the mess across my kitchen. Once I got every thing cleaned up, I go and throw the clothes I had on in the washer, which consisted of one of my favorite softball t-shirts that I have held on to since highschool, and let them wait there until I was ready to put a full load in later. So the rest of the day goes on like normal, until about 3 when I realize that I need to wash Blake's new Cub Scout uniform cause he had Cub Scouts tonight. (this is a brand new shirt that he has yet to wear and has been quite excited about wearing.) So I grab it and throw it in, along with the rest of the darks I have laying around waiting to be washed. That consisted of a few things from everyone's laundry basket, but also every pair of jeans that fit Ashlyn right now. Later as I go to grab Blake's shirt out of the dryer so that I can put his patches on before he leaves to go to scouts, I am shocked at what I see! There was a bundle of crayons sitting on the top of the load, rubber banded together, and completely melted. And all of the clothes were sporting a new calligraphy of colors. I wanted to cry! Not only was Blake's brand new shirt ruined, but every last pair of Ashlyn's jeans were in there along with a favorite hoodie of mine, and a favorite hoodie of hers! I did not know what to do. I called a few people to ask if they knew what to do, and I looked online. I've tried a few things to try to get all of the stains out, with no luck, and I am making one last attempt at the moment with a washing solution in the washing machine right now. I sure hope it works!! And whether it works or not, I still have to clean out the dryer that is also sporting a variety of new colors. Fingers crossed that my kids and I survive these next few days without Terry!!