Posted by Duff
Next week will mark the one year anniversary of my becoming a mostly stay-at-home mom.
Here are some of my takeaways:
I thought I would be more organized when I had more time to be organized. I was wrong.
Kids need to leave the house every day or will punchfight. At least, this is true for my kids.
Oatmeal is like a fungal infection. If not addressed immediately and completely, it spreads.
It’s awesome to wear lamb’s wool-lined boots everyday. It also cuts down on the need for pedicures. However, I crave a visit to the nail salon with the fire of a thousand white-hot suns each day I slide my feet into those boots. It’s the screaming (mostly joyful, sometimes not, it still rattles the nerves). I need to soak away the screaming.
I like quiet. A lot. I like to think, and I used to think complete thoughts. Imagine each of my thoughts, these days, as a carton of eggs. Three are missing. Sometimes four. If you’ve asked me to do something, please remind me.
I have, by far, the biggest head circumference in my house. My husband and Atticus can share hats. I’m not sure if this means my husband has a pin head or Atticus inherited my melon. Likely both. The main point is, my head is enormous.
I didn’t use my crock pot nearly enough when I was working outside the home.
I get lots of hugs per day, lots of ‘love yous”. These remind me, when I’m striving, planning and submitting for paid work, that nothing else I do, nothing else I accomplish or set as a bar that I haven’t yet reached and so judge myself, that I’m not so far from where I need to be. I’m about as smack dab in the middle, if I take the time to notice, as I had always hoped to be.
