Rage!

I'm just fulfilling my need to vent now so I won't take it out on the neighbor kids that are driving my blood pressure skywards.

This morning I take my kids outside to play and guess what I find? A bunch of bread crumbs with half a nest and a dead bird on my picnic table! Eww gross disgusting! Several of the neighbor kids found a nest in our tree last night and decided to take it down. We were too late to stop them but saw them carrying the nest over to the park to look at it. Poor bird, I thought, but there was nothing to do about it. But why in the world did they have to put it in my front yard where my kids could have easily gotten to it? Grr #1

These kids use my front yard as a garbage can. Almost every night I go out and find candy wrappers, paper plates, drink bottles smashed crackers (attracting dozens of flies) all over my yard. Have they not heard of a trash can? They also leave their shoes, toys, books, bowls, cups, pots and pans in my yard. I've actually thought about either throwing their stuff away or putting it in the garage and when they come looking for it tell them I'll give it back if they give me a dollar--Ooh, I could get rich off of that one. Grr #2

One of these girls is constantly biting, hitting, shoving my kid. I hate it. It brings out the big bad mama tiger in me. I let her have it just now and told her she had to stay out of my yard and away from my kid for the day. Maybe I'm just too protective but man it strikes a nerve. Besides the constant physical fighting, that child is always screaming at the top of her lungs and throwing tantrums. Annoyance, annoyance, annoyance. Grr #3

On top of that all, where are these kids parents? Just so you know, these kids are all from the same parents. I never see them. They send their kids out all day and bring them in only to eat. Is that just normal now? When I do see the parents they usually tell me something like "you want to take my kids too?" Ugh. I cannot wait until they (the parents) find jobs and move out of their parents house (who I actually like a lot). I'm counting down until the kids are in school all day and I only have to deal with them on weekends.

Thanks for listening to me vent, sorry for being a whiner.