Crazy Mom

When I was a kid, I had friends who were twins named Nina and Elise. Nina and Elise's mom was rumored to be crazy. I don't know that for a fact, but she certainly acted like it. She was horribly mean to them--yelling and cursing at them for no good reason. Then they would leave for school and she'd open the window and yell out to them, "I love you--have a nice day." Sometimes, I feel like I'm turning into Nina and Elise's mom. Like today--I was tired and cranky to begin with (had a late night and feel overwhelmed by all the holiday crap I have to get done), and then discovered that H "misplaced" her Nintendo DS. It's likely in the house somewhere as they're not really allowed to take them out, but it really irritated me that she had no idea where it was. They have so much crap that they don't even notice when something huge like a Nintendo DS is missing. And then looking for it compounded a bunch of other issues--how they leave their crap everywhere, never clean up after themselves, have the attention span of gnats, etc. So I was horribly mean to them today, and then felt terrible about it when I put them to bed, so was extra nice. I kind of understand what Nina and Elise's mom was going through, and I wonder if people think I'm crazy.