And while I'm proud to be the fattest chick who does 30 minutes on the rowing machine, 60 minutes on the elliptical machine and 30 minutes on the treadmill on a regular basis without having a heart attack, I miss blogging.
I especially missed it last week, where in the course of 24 lovely hours:
1. A woman hit Hot Guy's new car, not injuring him or Lovebug or herself, but still. Dents. Insurance. Stress.
2. Hugmonkey bit one of his preschool teachers hard enough to draw blood and send her to the doctor. Guilt. Stress. Confusion.
3. We discovered that the downstairs heat does not work. At all. Also? Fixing it is nowhere near in the budget.
I could have written amusing blog posts about any of these things, once upon a time. Instead I wrote a huge rant about the biting incident, which didn't really explain anything. To summarize: I freaked out and didn't handle the situation well, partly because the school didn't really handle it well. Biting is still developmentally appropriate at his age. And Hugmonkey's being doing great at school and the gym tot drop ever since. Also? My pediatrician ROCKS. She and Hot Guy totally talked me down from the ledge.
The heating turned out to be just a wire problem and the woman's insurance was great. So everything is okay and still I feel like a wreck. I would really like to have a day, or maybe even two, that I don't have to leave my house. I would prefer to spend those days staring at the computer, catching up on everyone's blogs and maybe even (gasp!) writing.
No one mentioned to me that this "stay-at-home" mom gig becomes total bullshit once your kids start talking back. "Chauffeur mom" would be so much more apt. If chauffeuring included providing appropriate snacks, gear and keeping track of the hectic schedule. Or maybe it should be "longs-for-home" mom?
The post probably didn't make much more sense than the last one (having at least 2 topics and all), but I promise to do a real post
7 comments:
I've been MIA on my blog for a bit too... Life Happens. :) I'm glad everything has worked out but it still sucks having to deal with all that stuff. Hope it continues to get better. :)
Seriously, stay at home mom? Bullshit. You hit the nail on the head with that one. Just wait...I've got playdates, girl scouts, swimming, homework, reaading. Oh, and the complaints no matter what's for dinner.
I'm with you on the bullshit factor of being a sahm. And I only have one. A small one, at that.
But on a positive note, you are *killing* it at the gym! Inspiring me:)
Being a SAHM is way harder than I ever thought it would be and I only have 1! You are a super hero doing it with 3:)
Diapers in the Desert - I like that - life happens.
b303tilly - I keep avoiding Girl Scouts, just because I don't want another thing I have to worry about. You're tougher than I am!
LucidLotus - The gym may be why I haven't gone insane - I highly recommend it.
Am I Really Grown Up - I really didn't think the SAHM thing was all that hard until this year. The kids were challenging, but I liked the lifestyle. Now? I feel like I never just get to hang out with my kids.
My son went through a biting phase when he was in daycare. It was 8 years ago and I still shudder to remember it. It will pass.
I've hit a new phase in the SAHM gig since my youngest started kindergarten two months ago. I was working at home 10-12 hours a week for the first 6 weeks and it was ideal but the work's dried up in the past couple weeks and I'm looking around and wondering what now.
your post makes perfect sense to other "stay at home" moms!!
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