Zoey and I spent the day together Wednesday. We went down to the Central West End and looked around some of the shops before heading to Left Bank Books (our main reason for being in the CWE). I thought about lunch at Crown Candy Kitchen, something I am sure she would love. But, she was begging for pizza. So, I thought it best to kill two birds with one stone and go to Pizza Street by school and then drop off my birth certificate to the Human Resources department afterward.

Well, on our way down Kingshighway to I-70 they were doing road repairs. Kingshighway was closed at Natural Bridge. You would think that someone had shot her parents by Zoey's reaction. She was near tears as she asked over and over again why they would close the road. As I was explaining that the detour was no big deal, we came upon a tractor-trailer blocking Natural Bridge as they backed into a warehouse. This would usually not be a major thing, but Zoey started up again with why the mean truck driver was trying to keep her from Pizza.

After lunch and dropping of my birth certificate, I kept her from whining too much in the car by saying how we could watch her Cheetah Girls video when we got home. Of course, the fates were against me! When we arrived home, AmerenUE was working on the transformer and the power was out. Yikes! Well, thank God we had gone out to eat because there was now no way to cook. But, there was also no way to watch television and also no way to stop the drama.

Zoey just cried and wanted to know why the mean electric guy was taking away her television. Really, should a three-year-old be that addicted to television--even if it is The Cheetah Girls? I got her to play outside for a while, but that didn't last too long. I packed her up and we were off to the library. We managed to kill the rest of the afternoon there.

Still, it was just way too much drama over the smallest things. And, it made me wonder about the blame game we tend to play (and if children pick that up from us). Zoey was quick to be angry at MoDOT, AmerenUE, and the truck driver because things were not going smoothly. But, life never goes 100% smoothly. Do we quickly try to find someone to blame or to throw our anger? Would our energy be better spent either resolving the issue or learning how to deal with those things we cannot change? And if we are not doing that, are children picking up those cues?

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