This is why…
I don’t always return phone calls in a timely manor.
Answer my phone during nap time.
I’m always, always late.
This article describes so perfectly what it’s like to be a stay-at-home mom. This is why I’m so utterly exhausted at the end of each day. I just had to share.
Thanks Jen, for sharing this with me!
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What’s your excuse for not returning phone calls? What do you do during nap time? Are you ever on time and if so, how do you manage it?
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It’s a good article!
You bet! It feels good to be validated doesn’t it?
@jennifer johnson, It really, really does.
Granted, I’m only a stay-at-home during school vacations, but we are usually on time. I think the only way it happens thus far is by not packing our days too full. That way I’m not too busy worrying about what’s next all the time. I also try to keep the bag ready to go at all times, that way I don’t have to search for all of the things we need when it is time to leave. It works for us, might not work next summer when Little Man is 2 though!
@Angie, I think part of our problem is trying to cram too much stuff in a day. That and trying to get myself ready and the kiddo ready at the same time is nearly impossible. I need to just be OK with not showering before I leave the house. Haven’t mastered that yet.
Stopping by from 31DBBB.
Great Article- Thanks for sharing!
I never get done everything I need to.
@Making It Work Mom, I always wonder, if I did get everything done, what would I do? Be really bored I bet.
Thanks for stopping by!
Being a stay-at-home mom is the most difficult, but most rewarding job ever!
@Genny, It sure is. That’s something you can never really appreciate until you’ve tried it.
Is that REAL? Did someone actually ask that question? Wow.
Well, at least she gave ‘em a good answer!
p.s. During nap time I usually eat something, fold a load of laundry, unload the dishwasher, possibly shower and maybe tweet a little. On only ONE of mine naps.
@Elaine, I’m dreading the day my son stops napping. Seriously, I don’t know how I’ll keep my sanity.
And you are much more productive during nap time than I am.
OH! I LOVE it! I am going to have to share this with friends
WOW love, love, love her answer! Very spot on and true.
@Maureen, Doesn’t it make you feel better, just knowing that there are SO many reasons we’re so busy?
Great article! Thanks for sharing! I am now following your blog by the way!
-Jessica
@Jessica, I’m glad you are a new follower. Welcome!
No kidding!! Even my mom asks me what I do all day, and gripes that I’m not so quick to return calls. This sums it up perfectly – great find!
@LZ, It is perfect isn’t it? I could never really put into words what I do all day, and why I can’t get more done. I need to keep a copy of this in my purse so I can just pull it out when someone asks me.
Finally. I hope the right people see this… now I need to do one on being a SAHM homeschooling mom. Talk about every minute flying out the window…
@Alexandra, Oh man, I have so much respect for homeschooling moms. I could never do it.
Im a working MOM, and i swear my weekends are WAY harder that my workdays, i love my children but they do need 24/7 attention, is a JOY but a really hard one, i only have MOM friends now, most single girls dont really get this.
@Meike, “a JOY but a really, really, hard one”. Exactly my friend, exactly.
I read that on Facebook, and YES. Yesterday morning as I was hurrying to get somewhere … got lost … and ended up being 30 minutes late I was thinking about how I always hate when people are late. Am I going to become THAT person, THAT mom?
If it means I get to be at home with my littles, then, oh well.
Wow. I like Carolyn!
I don’t have kids, I have no clue what exactly it is that SAH Moms actually do all day, but I suspect it involves at least 10,947 different things that I could never even guess at this point in my life!
That was a hilarious article. Thanks for sharing!
Great Article!
Thanks for linking up!
~Liz
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