Are you a mom with a sore throat?

This was supposed to be a somewhat humorous post. I WAS going to talk about how a few days ago I let out a lound scream. No, I did not see a mouse or open my electrical bill or open the door to my daughter's room. The scream was because I, a mother, was at the end of my rope.

I had been doing well all summer. But the other day, hubby called on his way home from work as he always does (he is so good about that) and that is the precise time the kids want something, are asking me something or arguing in the same room as I am trying to talk on the phone.

I have a lot of pet peeves such as when people say 'ain't' or "I seen ya...". I also do not like to wait long in a check out line. I am in the store, ready to buy, but there are not enough people to check us out so I am wasting my time standing in line. Another one is rude salespeople or rude people at work. IF you do not like your job, find another job but do not take it out on us!

But, probably my biggest pet peeve is when people interrupt. Both my kids do this and after dealing with it all summer, I had had it. So, I hung up the phone and let out a 'ARRRRGHHHHHHH!". Both kids stopped and I quietly told them what I wanted to happen. I did not throw anything, stomp or yell or use profanity.

Now, I was going to end this post with a "If you have a sore throat, you are probably a mother waiting for school to start".

But, here it is two days later and guess what? I have laryngitis! Just from that one little outburst, I can no longer speak. The kids are happy because I can no longer talk but look extremely hilarious trying to do sign language to communicate. There is a lot of head nodding or shaking and pointing at things. Hubby is happy because when he calls he gets to do all the talking. The dog is happy because I do not tell her to go lie down or wait a sec until I can let her out.

So, everybody in my family is happy and that is what a good mother does. She gets laryngitis so her family is happy.