I have your attention now, right? Often we read blogs and Facebook posts and
see happy kids and hear stories about funny things that have happened. It is easy to think other Moms have it all
together. They are raising happy kids,
keeping clean houses, fixing healthy and fancy meals .
Let me tell you about my world for a minute. We moved a month ago for my husband’s job to
Canton, Ohio. We signed a one year lease
on a house that we had seen only in pictures.
After moving in we noticed a strong cat odor that is wreaking havoc on
my allergies and there are a number of problems (some are safety concerns) that
aren’t being addressed by the landlord so we started the process of getting out
of our lease. Long story short, after
wasting time and energy looking at other houses we cannot get out of our lease without
incurring tremendous expense. So we are
here until next May and will begin looking at that point for a new place to
move again.
My daughter is going through an extreme independent,
identity phase. She dresses herself in
the craziest outfits complete with hats or tiaras—no big deal. The big deal is the attitude and personality
that comes to life with those outfits.
My son is out of his schedule driven preschool environment
and doesn’t really know what to do with his time or energy. We have a loose structure in our house but he
needs more than what I’m giving to him.
He wants my attention at all times.
I know I will miss this one day but right now it just seems
that everyone needs me for something different.
I am trying to do fun things with my kids but also have Mom things that
need to get accomplished. I’m going to
be trying a schedule in the next few weeks to see if that helps everyone out a
bit.
On top of this we had the new youth group to our house last
night for a hot dog roast. It was good
to get to know new people and open up our home.
I enjoy having people over and my kids enjoyed having playmates. I guess we upset a skunk though because after
letting my dog out around 11:30 she got sprayed by a skunk. So we de-skunked her with ketchup, baking
soda and just about anything else I could think of and find in our
cabinet.
I don’t really know what the point of this post is…..other
than to confess to you that I don’t have it all together. There are so many days right now that I need
a do-over. I’m trying to allow
creativity and independence while also teaching respect and boundaries to my
head strong daughter. I’m trying to give
attention and also encourage independence from my son. I’m trying to be a good wife to my husband
and not take it out on him when all my energy is gone. Thank goodness tomorrow is Cow Appreciation
Day at Chick-Fil-A. Free food and
Chick-fil-a……could it get any better?
2 comments:
Thanks for your honesty! I think most moms would say the same things if they were completely honest too!
I definitely am not-so-together pretty much every day!
I feel this way most days. Just trying to keep everyone fed, clean, and where they need to be. :). The skunked dog would have sent me over the edge. Its probably funny now, but not at the time!
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