The multi-purpose mommy

Mommies are all things to all people. It's been that way or a long time. I'm sure even back in the Garden of Eden Eve was begging Adam to pick up the living room while she put the boys down to bed. Could you please just put the dishes in the dishwasher instead of on the counter??? (I bet you didn't realize that Eve had a dishwasher!)

Now, as my daughter heads off to kindergarten everyday... the mommy to-do list has gotten LONGER than ever. Who knew kindergarten was so much work!? Now there's the get up & out of bed chore (her, well and me too) dressed, breakfast, pack lunch, vitamin, allergy medicine, backpack, lunch box. Out the door & in the car by 6:45 AM. Rediculous. Then, it's afterschool snacks, review the papers that came home, homework, playtime, dinner, baths, teeth, book, bed. I feel like a drill sargent at boot camp. All I do is hussle her, if she attempts to whine I get mad, and I hate it. It frazzles her, and it frazzles me.

All this to say... that women everywhere deserve to spend some effort on themselves. Maybe it's in the form of a long hot shower with the door locked. A queit cup of expensive coffee with other quiet strangers. A book on the front porch? A hot cooked lunch. We deserve to be taken care of. And, it's high time we just admit: we have to do it ourselves. Why do we feel like everyone else can chew the energy right out of us, yet we don't need to recharge? The time doesn't just make itself available, you have to TAKE it!! You are responsible for the success of your family, and it just doesn't happen by accident. You work at it constantly, and therefore should be working on yourself too. Today is Friday. Let's start next week with a plan in place for quiet time daily (walking is great!!) a family night together doing something fun, and a date night with our significant. Eat right, spend money on yourself, splurge a little.

You know the old saying... if mamma ain't happy...