Tonight he had a meeting to attend and left me to do showers and bedtime with 4 boys (my nephew is staying with me this week as well) by myself. No big deal. Bedtime is a fairly well oiled machine around here even with the extra boy. Routine is the key to sanity.
Now here is where Papa Bear went wrong. He asked me before he left if I wanted anything while he was in town. I told him I would love some ice cream and since he claims the local ice cream shop closes early through the week I said a sundae from McDonalds would do I just really wanted some ice cream. He said he would bring home the ice cream. He also claimed the meeting would only take an hour to an hour and a half. I knew better than that but it didn't matter if there was ice cream to look forward to.
For the rest of the evening I thought about the ice cream Papa Bear was going to bring me. My mouth is still watering thinking about it as I type. I was going to have a different snack but didn't want to spoil my appetite for when my ice cream showed up. I made the boys' lunches for school and thought about ice cream. I tidied up the kitchen and thought of ice cream. I tucked the boys in and thought of ice cream. I folded laundry and thought about ice cream. I watched The Voice and thought about ice cream.
When I heard the back door open (3 hours later) all I could think was "Here comes my ice cream. Oh how I love ice cream. I can't wait to dig into that deliciously cold ice cream". As Papa Bear walked into the room I scanned his hands for my ice cream. No ice cream. "Where's my ice cream?"
"McDonalds closed early due to some sort of electrical issue"
"Ummm so...where's my ice cream?"
MOTHER LOVER! You can not promise a very pregnant women ice cream and not follow through! You promise ice cream you damn well better follow through. You do not promise ice cream and come home empty handed. You find some freaking ice cream somewhere and you bring it home to your very hormonal and ice cream craving women carrying your child! If this means you scour the ice chest of every variety store in town, you do it! If this means you drive to the next town to get it you go get it. If this means you have to make it yourself, you do it but you DO NOT under any circumstances come home without some sort of ice cream!
I will likely think about the ice cream that wasn't all night and if I actually sleep tonight I will dream about ice cream but I will not be eating any ice cream tonight. No there will be no ice cream for me. Papa Bear will be lucky if I forgive him for this by the time this baby I am carrying turns 18.
