This week Mark is away on business and I am doing the "single" parent thing. Not truly single parenting, as I was able to change my schedule so I don't have to work during the week and have daycare/Montessori where the kids go so I can get some work around the house done and errands completed. This is what I have come to realize after the first 3 days...
1. I love my children, but they are exhausting
2. It is really hard to not have a partner to support you and back you up, especially when both kids are crying, the dog shit on the floor, and the pasta is boiling over
3. Shaving your legs is over-rated...though itchy
4. My daughter really misses her dad and is definitely "off her game"...even though when he is here she will resist his kisses and refuse to let him put her to bed
5. I have no idea how anyone is a single parent without significant family and social support. There is no way I would have been able to go to work and do my job if I didnt have anyone to help...for free.
6. Pets SUCK when you are the only adult. Walking the dogs in the AM and PM is quiet the ordeal, especially when Oscar takes FOREVER to poop. Thank god I can pen the kids up in the kitchen and can keep my eye on them while I walk the dogs in the backyard.
7. Bedtime is even more awesome. Thank god for a margarita, a good book and my fireplace.
Much respect to single mamas and papas!
Much love!
1. I love my children, but they are exhausting
2. It is really hard to not have a partner to support you and back you up, especially when both kids are crying, the dog shit on the floor, and the pasta is boiling over
3. Shaving your legs is over-rated...though itchy
4. My daughter really misses her dad and is definitely "off her game"...even though when he is here she will resist his kisses and refuse to let him put her to bed
5. I have no idea how anyone is a single parent without significant family and social support. There is no way I would have been able to go to work and do my job if I didnt have anyone to help...for free.
6. Pets SUCK when you are the only adult. Walking the dogs in the AM and PM is quiet the ordeal, especially when Oscar takes FOREVER to poop. Thank god I can pen the kids up in the kitchen and can keep my eye on them while I walk the dogs in the backyard.
7. Bedtime is even more awesome. Thank god for a margarita, a good book and my fireplace.
Much respect to single mamas and papas!
Much love!
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