Wednesday, April 16, 2008

the mom equation?

3 hours cleaning bedroom and downstairs + 10 minutes later it looking like a TOTAL disaster + 2 trips to grocery store in one day + 25 seperate pieces of dress-up clothing strewn all over the house + 5 spilled peaches and juice on the carpet + 1 highchair tray full of food including but not limited to, lettuce, tomatoes, chicken, VERY ripe avocado and pita bread being flung onto the carpet + 1/2 a day worth of tantrums over a "sleeping" blankie and bottle + 6 feet tracking mud all over my downstairs carpet + 7 dollops of green diarrhea on the kitchen floor = 1 exhausted mom that is going crazy!!!!!

11 comments:

Wendy said...

Oh Jess, that is so terrible!!! I hate days like that. Everytime I clean I have to prep myself by saying, "I am just getting the bottom layer of dirt off, and it will be dirty again in less than an hour, but at least it will be one layer cleaner!" This is not much comfort, but it keeps me going. Hang in there!

Sarah said...

So sorry to hear you're going crazy! I hate times like this but Ihave to remind myself I would rather have kids that play then have them not want to or not be able to. As much as I love a quiet house now and then, I hate it when they are sick and not feeling like themselves. Hang in there and go on a date. Tell the sitter you'll pay her extra if she'll clean! ;)

Jennie Z said...

I love how descriptive you are. You always make me feel like I am not alone! Thanks for the laugh today. Sorry you are having a bad day! Tomorrow will be better, right?

Alli said...

ok... seriously... 7 dollops of diarrhea? sick

Jaime said...

I can totally relate to this. I have this happen to me daily. I will be thinking of you.

Rob, Ann, Ava, and Brooklyn said...

How funny...I feel the same way sometimes...even though I only have 1 kid!

Kaufman Family said...

Hey, I had throw up during family night all over the carpet, at the Pizza factory, and at Harmons. That was on three different days. Does the mom equation ever add up?

Kaufman Family said...

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Darrell and Alissa said...

That was too funny, until the "dollop" part- NASTY!! EWW, the picture that created in my mind!

Liz said...

I hope the diarrhea was from the children.....:)

Heidi said...

I'm not the greatest in math, but I do know that the answer to the mom equation will always be the same no matter how you add it up! I'm having one of those days today as well!!! I love spending my day cleaning up after everyone only to have it completely destroyed hours later. Although I don't have diarrhea on the floor......