…counts, plain and simple. I am learning that the skill set required to perform the daily tasks of a SAHM should require a degree. The precision involved must easily surpass that of the most intricate military operations. As in, “Okay, son secured at table in booster seat with a mini-orange (don’t ask…). Daughter still safely in car seat on floor. She has a poopy diaper, but if I can get my son’s bread in the toaster first (while taking a quick second to put away that rogue dish that has been lying out), I can make a quick stop by the end table to pick up her bottle while swinging by the bathroom to treat myself to a pee and still get back to the kitchen before the toast is done. If I lock the dog upstairs, my son can eat his toast peacefully in the amount of time it will take me to get control over the poop situation. If Disney Channel finally gets on board and runs Mickey at the exact moment I need his overly-pert mouse-tail bopping around on my screen, I can then perhaps scarf down a stick of string cheese while shoveling pureed avocado in my daughter’s mouth.” This is just one of the 3 mealtimes that must be heisted every day, nevermind bathtime, dressing the kids, running errands, doing laundry, etc…It’s a mad, mad world in there (“in” being your very own house) and you’ve gotta “show up” every second of the day. Game on!
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