Tuesday, August 02, 2005

it's the heat!

Had a pretty lousy day today with the kids. It actually started late last night when I caught the boys doing something which they knew was wrong. It continued today with the constant fighting. If it were in my nature to walk away from the family and not look back, today would have been the day that would have done it.

My neighbor and I discussed this over a drink earlier this evening. She's noticed the same thing going on with her two kids, and she says everyone she's talked to have complained about how naughty their kids have been behaving. "It's the heat!" she said. "It's cabin fever. We don't insist that they get outside because it's so blamed hot, but they just go stir crazy being cooped up all day, every day."

Maybe she's right, but I know for sure that the behavior of my kids has made my temperature rise.

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