I just noticed that I still have my cape on.
The cape that let's the entire world know, apparently, that I Still Do It All.
The cape that seems to invite more and more things for *ME* to do, get done.
I get the same 24 hours that everyone else gets.
I used to be at home, which made it somewhat easier to accomplish all tasks in one day. Like laundry and dishes and cooking. It made it harder to work, and pay REAL attention to the kids for more than 10 minutes a shot, but hey...give and take. I ran the household and held my full time job here and of raising kids.
Now I get to try to keep up with all that AND be away from home 4 days a week. GREAT!
Even though I'm also at work now, I am the one who gets to make calls and rearrange our schedule as needed. I get to make the plans, and try to fit everything in. Such as when I just called Cullen to let him know more plans made it on the calendar and he says "Well, it'd be great to have some time with just you, hanging out." Awesome. I'll schedule that in, also. Not that I don't need it (downtime with him), but in a 2 hour time period, I made plans, arranged for the plans to happen, and then broke them because there are too many other "necessary" things showing up that I didn't know about until just now. And honestly, don't you hate the weekends that are over before you even got to relax because they are so busy? How the hell do people DO THIS and LIKE IT?
I didn't expect, I guess, anything different. It's just been 7 years since I've been in the office and required to run the household from here, as well as once I get home. And I've never done it with 4 kids before. I want to be with my family! And if ONE more person says that it was MY choice to have 4 kids (which it was) and that I should have PLANNED on being in the office and letting someone else raise my kids for me, and paying them a pretty penny to do it- I will beat your ass, so don't do it. I don't plan on this situation staying this way for long. I just had to whine about it right NOW.
If anyone needs anything, just let me know. I am the GET IT DONE dumpster.
It seems.
*flys away*
do people actually do this and LIKE it??!? I think they do it out of "necessity" and get used to it, I don't think they like it. But then again, there are all sorts of people out there, so maybe some of them do. Crazies!
ReplyDeleteIsn't it kinda weird to think of all the people just going through the motions, believing they "have to" do this or that? People have completely forgotten, or refuse to believe that there are options out there!!!! Let's look at our options!
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