A Bad Hair Day.......

I got to my friend’s house after work and she blurted out, ”We have to talk.” As thoughts go racing through my mind I am thinking to myself, “Oh, was my kid that bad today that my friend doesn’t want to watch my daughter anymore?”

She brings the littlest of her 3 sweetpeas over and she says, “I’m sorry that I cut pumpkin’s hair. Can you forgive me????”  As I am trying not to crack up laughing I say, “Of course I can but no more cutting other people’s (or your own) hair . ok?”

Sweetpea 3 went off to her room to play.  My friend had that look of relief.  I guess this is where I have to back up.  All of us (meaning parents) were in a conversation about cutting pumpkin’s hair, my Husband despises bangs on little girls but pumpkin is always shoving her hair out of her face and she does not want to leave in clips, bows, etc.  The moms were saying yes to a haircut and my husband gave the ‘if one hair is touched on her head I will kill you’ look. So the moms were like ‘ok, so no haircut!!!!’

As most parents with little girls know is that some time or another girls will cut Barbie’s hair (my sister and I did), or they cut each other’s hair like sweetpea 1 did to sweetpea 2, and sweetpea 2 did to sweetpea 3.  So sweetpea 3 did it to pumpkin, after all, they might as well be sisters.  The worst one is when you cut your own hair right before picture day a school like my sister did!  

So  after I calmed my friend down I told her that my Husband would be fine! Accidents happen and honestly,  It doesn’t look bad, maybe sweetpea 3 will be a talented hair stylist!  The best part of all, I didn't have to deal with this.....

Mother's Day.....really?

Have you ever seen the TV show ‘The Middle’?  It depics Mother’s Day and Father’s day very differently.  It is comical but it does have a hint of truth to it. 

Now my Husband did let me sleep late, let me take a nap and got a card from him and one from our daughter that is almost 2…She scribbled on it. (Last year she wrote with ‘invisible ink’……cute really.) Also, he is making me a fabulous dinner!  So I am not complaining at all.

Mother’s have this grand idea that it is a day for them…..it is kinda.  If your kids are bigger they do art work make breakfast in bed with burnt toast and milk or juice spilt everywhere.

 In all actuality, this day is like any other.  The kids are still up, they still need to eat and oh, you have to clean up the mess they made.  Your husband is always like, “whatever you want to do, honey”.   it really translate too, “I’m going to watch guy movies and make or take you to dinner.”  (Really hon, I wanted to watch Lifetime all day because I never get too!!!!)  I still do dishes, and laundry if needed.  I still take care of pumpkin and the dog, you know, normal stuff.

I get to spend time with my family, which I am grateful for. My Husband’s schedule is crazy and I’m not at work today and my daughter is awake. So, it is a ‘perfect’ day!

Enjoy your day!

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The Perfect working Mom life....HA!

If I was to write a list of everything that I do could I make it more manageable? Somehow I doubt it, but let’s try it and see.

5:30am get up! Sometimes that is a task in itself, ha ha! Get ready for work maybe grab a bit to eat.

6:00 am get pumpkin up, dressed, give daddy kisses if he is not at work yet.

6:35 am out the door to drop off pumpkin….crap! I forgot to feed the dog and let him out,  Hopefully, Daddy  will do it!

7:30 am Start work, and not take a pee break until lunch or even later.

5:30 pm leave work (if I am so lucky and it is that early) and go get pumpkin, battle traffic ugh!

6:30 pm finally home, cook dinner (if we don’t just go out or pick something up)

7:00 pm Give pumpkin a bath (maybe) and bed.

7:30 pm start laundry or dishes, feed dog, take dog out, and sit on the couch for 5 seconds.

8:00 pm falling asleep on the couch, again!

I know that this is a typical life for a working Mom, but really???? This kinda sucks!  I know that my house looks like crap, I don’t put any time aside for myself, so I look like crap. I am sick of it! There is literally not enough hours in the day for me to get everything I want to or need to get things done or God forbid work out…….My Hubby’s advice, “You can wake up earlier.” Are you F’ing kidding me!!!!!  

I know that the grass is not ever greener on the other side. There has to be a balance somewhere and I can’t find it yet.  Who ever thought that there was such a thing as a perfect working mom life is crazy.