Matthew returns today after ten days away in the US. He is frequently away so it is not like the last week has been anything particularly out of the ordinary. Still, I am surprised that I have survived.
Let’s see. What did I do?
Well, I parented four naughty boys without any of us really losing our cool. Result!
I billed a client for 30 hours of work. (Awesome.)
I cooked twenty meals from scratch, baked ten salt-free loaves of bread and prepared five low-potassium dishes (which required extra forward planning). Domestic goddess!
I only ate one chocolate bar. Honestly.
I went running. Round the garden with the boys, but it’s exercise right? I say great, my body say NO.
I entertained ten other children here and no-one ended up in ER. Again with the awesome.
I gave to charity and then, unsolicited, my children gave their pocket money to charity too. Gotta love their big hearts.
We tidied out a certain boys’ bedroom. This took WAY longer than it sounds.
I managed ten showers which is an outright miracle. The clothes may have only been changed once or twice though (getting four others looking presentable means number five – me – usually doesn’t, but I was clean underneath at least, right?)
I dealt with a certain four year old who likes to whine all the way from bed to school and back again. It was fun!
I got three children off to school with lunchboxes and bags and all their other crap and nobody got left behind. I did try to leave the whiny one behind but he insisted in getting in the car.
I was kept awake many nights by a one year old coming down with an ear infection. Gotta love how they like to do this when Daddy is away!
In short, COME HOME MATTHEW.
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Well done, you deserve a medal- one bar of chocolate??!!
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Jeez, sounds like my to do list for about three months!
I can barely manage an evening without Dave coming back, and I only have 2 boys to cope with. Definitely you should have had more than one bar of chocolate!
lol. yes may have had more than one bar of chocolate
Great post – the bit about trying to leave the whiny one behind made me chuckle.
My husband is away a lot so I can completely understand – although I only have two naughty boys (and one little girl!)
ps, Ella, have been looking at some of your posts – I’m having to tear myself away to get on with some writing that needs doing but have really enjoyed what I’ve read. I liked the Isolated Parenting piece.
I don’t even want to think about how much chocolate I’d be consuming if I had done all that you did. I eat a large bag of M&Ms by myself on a moderately good day. You are Superwoman!!
Thank you M&A. I’m glad to have found your blog, another to add to my blog reader!
Kristen, not superwoman, definitely no, no, no!!!
You are officially my hero! And when you have kids, even getting off your butt to make snacks counts as exercise, so you scored big on the running.
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