- cleaning up from dinner
- cleaning up for two showings tomorrow
- doing laundry
- preparing the "loot bags" for SR's school birthday party that is tomorrow
I have too much on my plate these days and I'm not even working until September. I also have lots of help. How in the world am I going to work full time and bring home marking/report cards and take care of my two? Forget that, how am I going to get us all out the door on time? We make playdate plans for 10 and don't arrive until 10:30.
This morning I had to get my place completely cleaned and vacuumed, and get us all dressed and fed and get me and Scarlett out the door to a birthday party. That is a lot to do! My mom harps on me about how it would be easier with a husband. I don't want a husband. And that is not my situation. And my friends who have husbands seem to have to deal with them too. It's hard b/c J-Bear is a baby. S is Miss Independent but only when she wants to be and not while J-Bear is on my lap. I'm trying to sell my place and keep it clean and I'm not sleeping at all. I don't need a husband. I need some sleep. I need some understanding.
And believe me, I have the best, most helpful parents. My dad does my grocery shopping most days, and takes SR to and from school many days. And my mom is over helping me with dinner most nights. But it's still a lot of work.
And the two of them sharing a room is just not working out as beautifully as I imagined it would - although they are in there together now - but I want to shower, and I know as soon as I get into the shower one of them will cry out for me and wake the other b/c I won't get there fast enough.
But don't get me wrong....I am so happy and so in love with my babies. But cleaning up dinner dishes until 10pm each night makes me crazy. But the alternative is I clean up and don't spend the time with my kids after dinner.
Just me venting.
I have two showings of my condo tomorrow - wish me luck for a quick sale...I can't keep up the cleaning non stop like this.
I didn't put my girls in the same room until Carys was almost 2 -- and by then both were in beds so when they wake up they just walk to my room rather than crying for me. Can J be in your room for awhile longer? Seriously no good if they are waking each other up! On the rest... well, I certainly understand. It is a LOT for one person, even with some help. I hope your place sells really fast!
ReplyDeleteSorry you're feeling overwhelmed. Hopeing ou get a quick sale & that can ease some of your worry...let me know if you need help packing ;)
ReplyDeleteI only have one and I can't get out the door on time. I've given up trying and just accepted I will forever be 20 minutes behind. Hopefully your place will sell quickly.
ReplyDelete"I don't need a husband. I need some sleep. I need some understanding." Boy, do I get these 3 sentences! I wish I had them printed on a shirt--I'd wear it everyday!
ReplyDeleteI remember my second maternity leave and being so completely overwhelmed--I didn't have super helpful parents around BUT I also wasn't trying to sell my home. (I'm gearing up to do that now and even with a 4 and 6 year old, the thought of all that stress makes me cringe.)
I think you are doing an A+ job--I know what it's like to do dishes at 10 pm. I know what it's like to be in the same 2 or 3 rooms for 15 hours and never sit down for more than 15 seconds. I know what it's like to hope and pray that your older child doesn't wake your younger and vice versa.
I hear you! Vent anytime it helps. Wish we lived closer. (Or at least in the same country :)