Some people tend to think that when you are a stay at home mom that you should have time to do everything. The reality is (at least for me) that there is never enough time in the day to get everything I need done finished. I got a comment today from a friend on facebook that really made my day....I had posted about how I had been cookin all day and that the kiddos and I were still sick and she said "dude you are like super mom...my hats off to you ma'am". Nobody has ever said that to me but that is what I aspire to be. I wish I could be one of those moms who manages everything perfectly. I dont know if it really egsists but If it does I need a glass of whatever they are drinking! It is really nice to know that someone thinks I am doing a good job even though most the time I feel like I never got enough done for the day. Maybe I am one step closer to figuring out how to balance all the aspects of my crazy beautiful life...err maybe I have just learned to check my hair for cheetos before anyone comes over so it looks that way ;).
For me things changed when I had Addy. At first it used to really get under my skin when I just didn’t have time to keep the house as perfect as it used to be and I really felt like a failure. I would feel horrible when Rodney came home to a messy house or if he ran out of underwear because I forgot to switch the laundry. It was such a big adjustment for me to go from one child to two especially when Rodney was deployed for the first 4 months of Addy’s life. People always say that once you have two the rest don’t really make a difference or “what’s one more”, but for me Jaxson what just as big of a challenge as Addy…just less emotional and I had Rodney here. I have now got to the point that I try my best and if something doesn’t get finished then it will have to wait till tomorrow. Maybe someday I will get a maid or a laundry fairy…ok I doubt it but I really need to try harder to give myself credit for the things I do get done instead of dwelling on what I didn’t. I feel that as long as my kids (human and furry ones) are well taken care of and have all their needs met, who cares if I don’t get my laundry folded and put up the same day that I wash it! I have learned that I would much rather spend the little extra time that I do have doing special things with my children instead of picking up the stinkin toys that I have stepped on 5 times ,even if it’s as small as sitting at the table and coloring or snuggling while watching a movie. I have learned the toys are going to get drug right back out and my kids are going to grow up and not want anything to do with me before I know it! My mom worked (still works!) a LOT and we didn’t get very much time with her, so for me it’s so important that I get to spend time with my children. I hope they will cherish it as much as I do.
Anyways, We had a boring weekend. Addy, Jax, and I have all been sick with colds…hence the reason I didn’t post all weekend! Sorry guys! Needless to say it wasn’t a very good weekend. My hubby did however surprise me with an early Valentine’s Day present! It was a gift card for a spa day! I truly need this and can’t wait to go! I do however feel bad because he set it in a spot on the bar where he figured I would see it and be surprised but I must of walked past it 5 times and never noticed! He said to me “either you are blind or you are really inconsiderate!” LOL…I guess I am blind or more like frazzled and on a mission! Now to figure out what to get him hmmmmm…
Today however started with a bang or should I say a booommm booom boom! I was woken up from a deep sleep (I don’t sleep hard very often.. must be the cough meds) to Rodney enraged and putting on some pants and then I realized that there was extremely loud music playing. Guess who?? Yep you got it the new neighbors and at 7 a.m.! You see Rodney is very very hard to wake up so for him to be woken up by music of all things it has to be extremely loud…and it was! Rodney ran downstairs and out the front door. I heard the door shut and then minutes later I could hear him yelling so I knew it wasn’t pretty! The loud music went away so I guessed the point was taken. Rodney came back in and told me that he had his car sitting out in the drive way warming up with no one in it and the music just blaring. He said he felt like opening up the door and yanking his stereo out but instead he rang the doorbell and let the poor guy have it. He was by no means nice and Rodney said himself when he sees him next he is probably going to apologize for being so hateful but hopefully the kid got the point. I do feel that he should apologize because he could have handled it better than just flying off the cuff but at the same time we have three small children, we rarely get to go to bed before 2 a.m., and this is like the 5th time in the few days that they have lived there not to mention this is base housing full of families and it’s just plain good ol’ common since to not be that RUDE! I hope that they can learn to be considerate and that we can get along. It will be miserable if we don’t! All I can say is I sure hope our cross training goes as planned and we get moved out of here this summer. With a lot of prayer and a little luck everything will work out.
<3 Kessiah
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