Not because I've had nothing to write about, but because I have not had a quiet moment to sit and write in months! Since my last post, 7 months ago, things around our house have changed dramatically. We are full swing into ABA therapy for Maddox, Mia has graduated from preschool and I have made the leap and become a work from home mommy.
As a full time working mom, I never doubted the busyness of stay at home moms but I never truly appreciated the full extent of the chaos that ensues on a day to day basis. I dreamed of a perfectly clean, organized house, dinner on the table every night just as Jason walked in the door and time to craft and create all the beautiful things I've been pinning on Pinterest. While I have managed to become a little more domestic, I was way off on what I thought life would be like.
Here are just a few things I've learned:
- The earlier I get up to try to squeeze in some exercise/reading/alone time, the earlier my son will get up
- Sitting down at the computer to work, causes my children to immediately need to be fed, changed or assisted with some dreadfully important task
- The instant I get on the phone, a child will be injured and will follow me around the house screaming as I frantically try to find a quiet corner to finish my conversation
- It is absolutely required that someone fall off some piece of furniture while jumping at least once a day
- Dawn dish soap will take pink sharpie off of just about anything (including pillows, curtains and walls) except skin
- Ranch dressing dropped on the floor can splatter everything within a 6 foot radius quite effectively
- Exactly 1 minute before my husband walks in the door, every toy in the house will suddenly appear in the livingroom
- From the time it takes me to walk from the bathroom to the linen closet and back, my children can dump most of the bath water onto the floor
- A dog unsupervised for 30 seconds can smear a dirty diaper right into the carpet
- I wouldn't give up a second of spending time with my crazy, wonderful kids
