No other month of the year blows as much as this one. My normally manageable job goes into chaos overload. I have no idea why this happens in the spring semester and not the fall, but it does, and it does it annually.
Since I am the low person on my priority totem pole most of my needs go unmet. I think that is the lot of moms and parents in general, but I have not been doing this all that long, and I have not figured out any sort of balance.
Here's a list of some of the things that I don't have time to do:
- Dentist appt. rescheduled 2x, finally called them and said "I'll call you when anyone with a pulse can keep CRB when I am not at work and your office is open."
- Go to the mall and pick up my contact lens. My six month supply ran out in December... jeez ... and my eyes hurt.
- Get my haircut. Last hair cut, first week in September.
- Get my hair colored. Last professionally done March 21, 2007, just in time for my Grandmother's funeral. What a positive memory.
- Buy some makeup. I'm out, and I have been out. I have a few hundred people who look at me every Tuesday & Thursday. Again this would be a trip to the mall where the stroller would have to cease rolling forward for at least a few minutes, so for me this is an impossible task.
- Buy some clothes. When ToolMan brings it up you know I am not exaggerating my needs, or trying to follow InStyle trends. I have bought things that did not come as mail order about 3 times since CRB was born, and two of those occasions were for Christmas parties. Thankfully my maternity clothes don't fit, but my pre-CRB wardrobe is pretty pathetic, as I have not bought a lot of clothes in recent years because I was always hoping to be pregnant.
- Exercise
- Relax
On a positive note, at least the dreadful month of February is the shortest month of the year.
Debbie would like to add "but it is a day longer this year!"
3 comments:
You should definitely work on #8... maybe you'll have time for that by... I don't know... June. Sorry your February is so crummy. As I was looking for cough medicine earlier this week in my medicine cabinet, I figured out I develop this awful cough every year at the exact same time. I hope y'all at least stay in relatively good health.
You make me laugh, Debbie Downer! Looks like March has no where to go, but up!!
I want to come visit you and Kerri & I will kidnap you to the mall!
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