Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Children are Psychic...Just to Make You Crazy

Why, on days you can sleep in, do the children wake up at least 30 minutes earlier than you normally would on a busy day? Why is it that when you are in a great mood they listen and behave perfectly, yet when you are having a horrible day and need them to behave, they act like they were raised by a pack of wolves? Because they are psychic...or they are secretly plotting against you!

Being a person with a chronic illness makes the above scenario even more frustrating. I have to admit...I admire, and send my deepest sympathies, to all those working parents out there! When my daughter was born I was lucky enough to work from home, because of the MS. When I was pregnant with my son I was laid-off. Yes, the company laid me off when I was 6 months pregnant so they could give my job to the General Manager's son who could not find a job in the failing economy...but that's a story for another day. Back to my point - I have a hard time taking care of all the household duties as well as the kids and their schedules without working a full-time job. To me it is unimaginable, even physically impossible, how working parents manage to get everything done in a 24 hour period AND manage to get at least 1 hour of sleep per night, even when having to deal with "psychic" episodes! And come to think of it, I swore one time when I woke in the middle of the night I heard the two of them talking in Mayhem's room...maybe it's time to buy that video Barbie...

No comments:

Post a Comment