Stop the world! I want to get off!!
The past two weeks have been far busier than I’d planned or hoped. What started out as a relaxing school year has turned into work hell which has spilled over to home. Gone are my nice, leisurely mornings and by the time I get home I’m so exhausted that I can barely stay awake long enough to see that my son does his homework. I love working but as my son gets older being a working mom is getting harder. I think I’m beyond the point of saying “Oh, it’s not so hard” when people ask me how I do it being a single mom and all. It’s hard and it’s getting harder.
I read somewhere that if you are a working mother you have three lives – work, mom and CEO of the household and that you can do two of three things well. I am really finding that to be true. If it weren’t for my amazing boyfriend my apartment would still be uncomfortably cluttered. My main focus is being a mother. If the dishes don’t get done that night then oh well. But they have to get done eventually and unless I can stop coming home from work drop-dead exhausted they won’t. I had a bought of vertigo last Sunday and this weekend had a bad migraine and was sick to my stomach for two days. This can’t be good.
I just need the wheel in the hamster cage to stop for a few days… That really isn’t too much to ask, is it?
