July 15, come now!!!!! *begs*

You know when you past the point of exhaustion and nothing seems to matter anymore? That's been me the past couple months. Not just with the baby, oh no, the baby is a piece of cake. It's with the child that I like to call "The Demon." aka-Porter. He's going thru some sort of stage. I don't know how long it will last, but I want it to end like 2 months ago! It's not a matter of sibling rivalry, he doesn't even notice Luke half the time. He's always acting out. And not that of a normal child or what he used to do. like 100 times worse! Right now he's in the living with the oscelating fan, and he's turning it on and off and twisting the fan around and it's clicking really bad, I keep hearing things in there, like he's putting a blanket or something thru one of the holes and letting the blades hit it and make a noise. I haven't gone to stop him, because well, quite frankly, I know that it won't help. As long as the fan is in there, it's going to get abused. But it's too hot to take it out. We decided not to put our a/c unit in the window this year, for that reason alone.
I don't mind that he's becoming more independant, like wanting to make his own sandwiches or making his own toast, but that's where I draw the line at the moment. I don't care if he opens the fridge and grabs the package of hot dogs, just as long as he actually eats them and doesn't spread them all out over the floor or hide them so then the room begins to stink.
This morning he told me that he was going to brush his teeth. Okay, great! He doesn't brush enough. 10 minutes later, I checked up on him to get his toothbrush and he was sucking on his toothpaste tube. I just bought it this weekend and the toddler training toothpaste is not cheap! Luckily, it won't hurt him.
It's just the things that he knows he's not supposed to do that he does anyways. Now he's swinging in the baby swing. Again. Or dumping his toys out the second I get the floor vacuumed. Or shoving things into the DVD player. Yeah, I went to put things in the dryer and came up to copy a cd from my laptop and the drive won't open. After taking the cover flappy thing off, I discover there's a dvd in there. And of course, it's not one of mine. It was one that I borrowed from my sister. I can't get it out for the life of me, without taking the whole entire computer apart.
Discipline? He doesn't seem to understand that concept. Spankings, time out, loss of priviledges... none of that phases him at all. 5 minutes later, he's back to doing whatever it was that he was doing before he got in trouble.
And he's become rude! He's like a snobby kid!! He told Seth to shut up like 5 times this morning, even after timeout and daddy spankings. He likes to yell "no" or "go away mom," or "don't tell me stop."
Everyone that I've talked to and the stuff that I've researched online have all said the same things: make sure he's getting enough sleep, a good diet, and enough activity. He gets all of that! Even going outside is a nightmare. He's always eating and when he doesn't take a nap, he sleeps for like 12 hours. I'm trying to get him back on his schedule now that Luke is on one, but that's harder than pulling teeth.
Seth told me that maybe the reason why he doesn't listen to me is because I look like a kid and most kids don't listen to other kids. *shrug* I don't know. It'll just be really nice to go on that vacation in July for 5 days. No worries and no kids. A much needed break.
I realize that I have responiblities at home. Like, keeping the house clean, making dinner, doing laundry on top of watching the kids, but it's almost impossible to do anything. I'm constantly chasing Porter around. I'm lucky if I get a load of clothes in the washer/dryer and a load of dishes in the dishwasher. That's a good day.
I'm just so frazzled and everyone says it'll pass. Well, they obviously don't have my temperment.