"Nothing in life has u busy enough where you cant respond to a text or call me live..."
My initial thought was, "Damn, I forgot to call". I did feel bad about it, and responded:
" You are right. I will call when Maurice is down from work"
At that moment, I was sitting with our girls listening to Jazz waiting for the changing of the guards so that I could start dinner. At that moment, I had a few moments where life was calm and in order. And at that moment, nothing in life had me THAT busy. And then that moment was over.
If I said that was the only call/text/request I did not get a chance to respond to, I'd be lying.
The truth is they were not right. I am that busy, and life is exactly what has me that busy. I have two little people and two big people who need attention from me at many simultaneous moments, plus variables. Before 11 pm, I have had approximately 35 combined minutes to myself. Today I chose to use them to shower with the door closed and eat a hot meal without having to share (yeah, it gets like that around here). And since sitting here I have had to put both kids back to bed once.
I sneak away to use the restroom, only to hear little giggles outside the door, which I obviously love hearing.
I think of what we are going to do next before the current activity is over. Sometimes I'm not sure who has the shorter attention span, me or the kids.
Days are spent using our imaginations climbing mountains and searching for birds in the forest. FYI there is no cell service out there :-) and creating surprises for daddy before he gets home. We baked and left the dishes for you...SURPRISE!!!! We washed laundry and nothing got folded or put away...SURPRISE!!!!
We can't forget about meals. These people in my house wake up hungry EVERY DAY. I'm like, really you ate last night. ok, J/K, but really, that's the first thing I hear. Soon to be followed by:
What's for lunch, she needs to have water, she had orange juice with breakfast, no, no you can't have those chips, yes you can have the almonds, no no ice cream, ok, if you nap you can have banana ice cream.
That was about 5 seconds of thoughts and kid conversation mixed with bribery.
Have you ever seen that post "5 minutes in a moms head" ? It's the truth. Except my meatloaf rocks and I love my minivan.
"What do I need to do today... return calls, answer emails, return texts from days ago... people probably think I'm so rude. I need to get organized. I need to organize this whole house. This room is a mess. I saw on Oprah that your bedroom is a reflection of your marriage. God please don't let that be true. I need to declutter. At the very least I need to put away all of this laundry. It's a bad sign when you run out of laundry baskets and start using clear storage containers. But first I need to take all of the clothes out of all of the drawers and sort. I'm tired of seeing my 4-year-old put on 2T pants. But they kind of look like capri pants, right? I just hate getting rid of clothes. Especially when I know they can't be passed down. Maybe we should have another baby. I don't feel done. I feel crazy and stressed out, but not done."
I have never had a job that required as much love, attention and energy. It's draining, it's rewarding, and I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world. All that to say, us parents of young ones are so busy! If we don't get back to you, please don't take it personal. Give us anywhere from a minute to 18 years.
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