Getting Through the Day

Being a stay-at-home mom is challenging to say the least.

You have your great days, your good days, and the I wish I could just escape the house for an afternoon dressed really cute and talk to no one while I have lunch/get my nails done/go to a bookstore all alone with no one calling to tell you the craziness that is going on in the house kind of days.

Those days don’t happen that often.

My neighbor down the street asked me how I dealt with the “daily life with six kids” and maintain any kind of order and sanity. I told her that I have scheduled my afternoon so that naps & quiet time (for the older ones) are arranged so I have at least 45 minutes of nothing to do. I mean nothing. NOTHING. I will scramble through the house making sure toys are put away, sink is empty, and dinner is ready to cook before I sit on my cozy chair for what my friends call my “Horizontal Time.”

This might be the most important time of the day for me. I get to decompress from the morning marathon and prep for the final stretch of the evening. All I ask for is 45 minutes of solitude.

I will let you in on a little secret. My little guilty pleasure for the day. I watch General Hospital when I get the chance. I have been watching it since college. There are people who have known me for years that don’t know this about me. The hubby teases me and the friends who do know, giggle at me.

I don’t really care what they say. It is my time to watch mindless, yet entertaining, television. I just like not having to think about what didn’t get done and what I still have to do. It is a true 45 minute escape from the Mommy World.

So there you have it. That is just one of the ways I get through my day. It helps me stay sane in a world filled with complaints, injuries, and poopy diapers. I am lucky enough that those are my only problems nowadays.

And a little escape to the soap opera world never hurt anyone!!

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Comments

[Kelli]

Thanks for the link! i love reading about your life :) It's absolutely what i want eventually (i'm a recently married nanny right now). You sound like positively wonderful mommy--particularly the tantrum and new big kid bed story! Keep up the good work.

[Faith]

Amen to that post! Being a stay at home mom is such a tornado of activity all day. That little pocket of quiet "me" time is so cherished!