What psycho ever said parenting was a breeze? Most of the time I’m either yelling at my kids or trying to find a hiding space away from them, to catch up on my sanity! Family vacations are the ultimate sacrifice! You’re stuck with your kids for days upon end and they are stuck with you!
When we visited the Virginia Air and Space Center last week, I spied this guy on one of their exhibits. Surely he was trying to escape from his kids! He looked desperate, trying to find any mode of transportation he could possibly find. I know how he feels. School has been out over one month now, and my solo, peaceful trips to, ANYWHERE have turned chaotic. Every time I turn around there they are!
You probably know by now that my kids will fight about anything. The other day I overheard one of them say, “OMG, you won’t even let me have my own opinion!” They are relentless! Since I’ve become a parent I have been forced to use my imagination. Well, maybe some of it I learned from watching cartoons. You have to own some sort of defense mechanism and use it regularly or they will take over your life. My life as a stay at home parent sounds very much like the cartoon I saw on Facebook:
On Being A Stay At Home Mom:
“Half of the time I feel like I’m running an insane asylum…the other half I feel I belong in one.”
This is especially true over summer break. What can kids possibly find to do for two and one half months, but to drive their parents to the nut house? I’ll vouch for that. So, if Mommies In Orbit suddenly disappears, you’ll know who pushed her over the edge!
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