THINGS I HATE about being a stay-at-home mom
- Being considered the “laundry mistress” of the house. I’m supposed to know everything about laundry: how do you get this coffee stain out? Does the Spiderman suit drip or tumble dry? Can you wash this shirt by tomorrow, I have a meeting? Etc. and so on. I DID NOT study this stuff in college, people. I will wash your stuff, but I don’t guarantee satisfaction, or that it will emerge from the laundry room the same size it went in.
- Preparing all the meals. I used to love cooking, but now that I have to come up with lunch and dinner every day, I’ve got cooker’s block. What to prepare? People won’t eat the same thing two days in a row, and cooking is a must because we live in a rural area. Can you say, ‘scrambled eggs for lunch?'
- Cleaning the house. Oh, woe is me. My solution: let the house go. End of story.
- Driving. DRIVING. Pick up from school, go to shops, go to Gymboree class, go to playground, go to friend’s house, go to dentist appointment...over and over and over. Green party, don’t get mad at me. There are no footpaths or mass transit for miles around, so it’s either take the car, or me and my kids get run over on the road by the local sight impaired farmer in his 30 year-old tractor.
- Which brings me neatly to: shopping. Gotta drive to the shops. I’m in the frickin’ grocery store, like, everyday. If it isn’t milk, it’s bread. If it isn’t bread, it’s cheese. I try to go and do one big shop on a Friday, but by Sunday evening all the bananas are gone, and...oh you know the story. Everybody’s always eating, 3 times a day, blast them, and as the unemployed lady of the house, it’s my job to keep the place in biscuits and square meals. Can’t shirk this responsibility like I shirk the cleaning.
THINGS I LOVE about being a stay-at-home mom
- The hugs, the kisses, the laughter (as we roll around, tickling each other on the dirty carpet)
- Being with them
- Wearing pyjamas well into mid-morning
- Listening to talk radio as much as I want (see my previous post Confessions of a Stay-at-Home Mom for more about the downsides of that pursuit).
Re-reading above, it looks like I hate more than I love, but when things are good, you just don’t write about them as much.
As I was sorting six loads of laundry the other day (the husband puts them through the washer and the dryer, then leaves them in piles tottering to the ceiling) I found myself thinking, over and over: No one told me about all the socks I'd be folding. No one told me about all the socks I'd be folding. No one told me about all the socks I'd be folding...
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