Minus One for Office Chair Ping Pong

Updated on August 16, 2011
J.F. asks from Doylestown, PA
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As I continue my new journey towards being a single parent and trying to balance my daughter, work, life, and breathing, did you know you had to make an effort to do that?, I come accross new bridges some which I flood with tears, taking down small villages, and others which I run full force towards skipping along as if I was mentally derranged for not breaking down over all of these changes. So I am learning to redirect emotions, I think I may start egging and TPing houses to let out the frustration, heck I never did it when I was young I should make up for it. I came across the most serious bridge for me of all last night. I was minus one for ikea office chair ping pong (where one adult stands on one side of the aisle and flings said device (or child whichever you want to call him/her=)) down the aisle to the other adult on a spinny office chair (with arms of course so noone falls out of the vehicle=) ) so as I stand there with my daughter looking at the aisle of office chairs and her begging to play I realize I am minus one...and she starts to pout then the voice of Ikea comes on the speaker and says (SMITH COME MEET YOUR PARTY AT THE DESK UP FRONT) and then Emmy gets so excited and says lets go mom theres a party up front I'm sure the smiths wouldn't mind if we joined...which broke the pout and I had to laugh, as I tried to explain how a party of people isn't necessarilly a party, to which she replied, well we can make it one...it broke the pout for both of us and we spun in chairs like 4 year olds (that being appropriate for one of us atleast) and had tons of fun. On the way home she listened to music and said she didn't think the guy singing was that good of an artist because he only sung about himself and good atrists also included other things and he should start with his mommy and daddy, and I smiled and realized I'm going to like this jouney, and all of this extra alone time I get with her, although I still need to bring a friend for office chair ping pong next time.
So what do you do to break the frustration? Do you give in and let your inner child out? Pout, read, or punch walls...I tend to pout and then have fun with my daughter

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T.N.

answers from Albany on

2 things.

1) Once you hit enter, every word you write here belongs to someone else. You have a beautiful style of writing.....you should be blogging, or better yet, working on a novel, J. sayin'.

2) My daughter is Emmy, too. Her name is Margaret, and, you know apparently the 9 MILLION nicknames for Margaret weren't enough. She started as J. M. Then it was required to WRITE M, M-ee, so it became Emmy, which makes no sense. Mostly she is Margaret, now that she's older, but now and again I hear someone refer to her as Emmy....sweetest thing.

As far as frustration goes, coping skills are an evolutionary process. When I was your age, I coped by not eating. Now, I drink, sigh, so either way, you're on a better track than I am!

:)

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M.M.

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I agree with Theresa, I love reading your posts about your transition and think you should start your own blog.

Also, on frustration. My mom used to buy plates at garage sales and Salvation Army and chuck them at the wall in the garage. She put a blanket down to catch the pieces. Whatever it takes to get your negative energy out - whether it's breaking stuff (in a safe way) or running/cycling/kick boxing.

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D.P.

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I tend to J. acknowledge and live in the moment.
Good or bad, we all play the cards we're dealt in the best way we can at that particular point in time.

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M.J.

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Your posts make M. smile, giggle & think which J. so happen to be 3 of my favorite things. Please, please, please publish a book! I pinky-swear to buy it & have all my friends, co-workers & family buy it as well. Of course, then you'll be forced to continue writing to satiate the voracious readers you've now hooked, but I can certainly think of considerably worse ways to live a life.

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S.L.

answers from New York on

I LOVE the party at Ikea comment !!!! and she could make it one couldn't she?? I love the things kids say and sadly cant remember much of it.
How do i deal with frustration When in doubt laugh it out.

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