You know, it's not easy to be a stay at home mom. Everyone that knows me, knows I am working all day in the "mom" way. Laundry, dinners, grocery shopping, cleaning, taking care of the pets, etc. However, those of my friends and family that work (which is the majority) ALSO do all that and manage to pull in a paycheck. Sure, something's gotta give, and for the most part it's the cleaning part that gives.
My house is clean. My bills are paid. Dinner is (usually) planned in advance and executed nearly totally by me. My husband works from home--ugh--and manages to be "on call" almost 100% of the time that dinner is being prepared and kids are doing homework.
It's frustrating.
I am feeling lately like I need a job, just to make him realize that I am not here simply to do all the jobs no one else wants to do. I have asked him a zillion times (like any housewife) to do certain things and he simply does not.
He takes care of what he thinks is important--pays the bills, works REALLY hard, and then the not so great stuff that he also thinks is important: band practice, acoustic practice, band gigs, acoustic gigs, publicity (bar hopping) and hanging out with his band mates to discuss stuff.
ughhhhhhhhhhhhhh
it's not easy to be a stay at home mom.
really.
the kids think my whole job is to do whatever "maid" work they are not wanting to do.
I could rant forever, but today it's not productive.
