I am the semi-neurotic mother of three kids, ages 18, 8 and 5. My oldest is off to college and my youngest just started school. I’ve been the single mom, divorced mom, married mom, young mom, old mom, career mom, and attends school-at-night mom. I’ve worked in the IT world for almost two decades, but still shy from programming cell phones. I have no free time, but when I do…I write or read or plan our next vacation or holler at whomever to give me some PEACE AND QUIET.
TGIM
The last two weeks have been borderline hellish.
I don’t know how stay-at-home parents maintain sanity, because my sanity left days ago, and hasn’t even sent a postcard.
The week of Thanksgiving we had family in town and I was with my daughters 24/7 for 9 days straight. But who’s counting?
This weekend it snowed in Houston (global warming?), and the schools let out early. To whom shall I send the thank you card for giving me an extended weekend with wound-up youngsters? They’ve bounced off every damn wall in this house, used the couch as a trampoline, teased the dogs, screamed “NO” at the top of their lungs, fought with eachother, hit eachother, cut up every newspaper and magazine, got marker on the counter and floor (whoops), and talked and talked and talked and TALKED my eardrums into a hasty retreat.
It’s now Sunday evening and as much as I don’t look forward to heading back to work…Thank GOD it’s (almost) Monday!!
