Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Okay. . . so I'm home and trying to settle back into the daily grind only I'm finding it a little hard. I guess for the past, oh, eight and three-quarter years I've had nothing to compare it to--the daily grind that is. It's just what I've done nonstop ever since Hunter was born. Everywhere I've gone and done, I've had a kid with me, except for the occassional girl's night out which isn't usually long enough for me to relax and really enjoy my freedom. So this four day excursion to Colorado without a single kid has really done me in. For four days I felt like a human being again. My clothes stayed clean and my hair stayed nice and I had enough time to actually apply makeup and lotion and perfume and dress actually nice and not frumpy or practical. And I had adult conversation all day long and even into the night. And I didn't have to lift a finger--no cooking, no laundry, no dishes. I didn't even have it constantly nagging me to do it either--it was completely out of sight and out of mind. But now that I'm home I've got lots of work nagging me and my cute outfit is covered once again in dirt and boogers and poop and slobber and my hair has gone flat and I haven't had time to apply even lip gloss, let alone brush my teeth. And the kids are noisy and I haven't talked to a single adult except to express my frustrations to Mark (poor Mark) and instead of feeling like a human being, I'm feeling like a robot or a machine. And I know I'll forget again, how nice it is to feel like a real person and I'll get back into the grind of things and I'll be good at it again, but for now can I just say. . . ugh! Reality totally bites.
posted by Shana # 1:06 PM 
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