Uff Da!
For those of you not from these parts, that's a really tame way of saying "Holy F***ing s***!
It's been one of those days.
I had full on kid duty today. And yesterday. And the week before that.
I know. Boo hoo hoo. Poor me.
OK, here's the deal. I USED to be a full time, stay-at-home mom. It kicked my butt. I loved it, but - yeouch! Then, Daddyman and I switched places. I got a job I love, he gave up one he didn't. I got really used to going to work, being with grown-ups, getting stuff done on a pretty regular basis, and then being the superhero when I'd walk in the door at the end of the day. Not a bad gig!
Then, summer. Ahhhh. Summer. Scrumptuous, sensuous, languid summer. I dreamed of days in the garden and lounging by the pool and days at the beach... Ahhhh.
Reality check: Daddyman's work schedule picked up just as my vacation started. I became a stay-at-home mom. A SINGLE stay-at-home mom!
I have tried to keep everyone happy and entertained and educated. We've been to 476 cabins. OK, not really, just seems like 476 cabins when a person spends that much time in a car with three uber chatty girls and a panting black lab as we voyage to and from a variety of midwestern cabins. I have traipsed, picnic basket in hand, to various and sundry stay-cation sights - we've seen live music and waterfalls and rode ridiculous 4 seated bikes. We've eaten every kind of fair food know to exist in the free world. We've held lemonade stands on rainy days. We've celebrate birthdays and chased down ice cream trucks after searching frantically through couch cushions and pants pockets for forgotten change. We've bog walked and kayaked and tubed and tripped the light fantastic through every sprinkler in the metro area. We've "camped" in the back yard when it was warm and the basement when it was too hot.
And again I say, YEOUCH!
So, to all of you stay-at-home parents - I raise my glass to you. My glass that is very full of bourbon and diet coke. I'm just tryin' to survive after a couple of long, long days. Long rainy days.
Kicked. My. Butt.
3 comments:
Love your writing style, which in fact means I love the way you live. I can understand every feeling especially the looking at the kids, fly them to the moon to protect them part.
What a joy that we live in an age when these little thoughts can be enjoyed by someone like me halfway across the worl--I mean city.
Thanks for sharing Ahna -- I'll check back soon!
Memory is a fickle thing - I now remember those days with so much pleasure! I'm sure I'm editing out all the hectic parts.
and to think i did it all without umbrelly drinks. whew.
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