Yes, well.
I may indeed be a pain in the ass, but I cook (mostly tasty), I clean, I do the bulk of the childcare, some of the laundry, all the family paperwork, I bought the house, you know - a few little things.
Anyway, apparently I'm also back to my spazmo ways of tripping over my own feet and falling down for no good reason. I'm generally pretty paranoid about this because I carry the baby. Fortunately it was only my own knees and ego.
Still no knitting mojo. I've got little mojo of any kind right now. I tell my one year old no and he laughs at me.
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The little things. Sometimes I tell myself all the things that I do, because no one else cares or listens or wants to give me credit for it. It helps me to feel, well, here. And, uh, you gave birth to a perfect little boy that laughs when you say no. Beautiful!
Posted by: Nana | April 30, 2008 06:00 PM
Yeah, but that no thing can be both completely amusing and really annoying.
I don't know. It's one of those days. It's probably not appropriate to rant, and I'm not doing well at editing. So. You know, whatever. My million year old neighbor says "whatever" to just about everything. There's a lesson there.
Posted by: talkingcrow | April 30, 2008 06:20 PM
I hope you're okay (knees?). I think it takes a good 3 years to properly get into a groove. I remember having these frustrating conversations with Andy in the first couple, where I'd be like "But you don't understand. I've been cleaning this for days! It takes SO MUCH to keep on top of the kitchen floor. I say stupid things because I multi-task all day. I'm so worn out. You need to APPRECIATE ME!' The lack of reward for being a mother is rough. Everyone is so concerned about the well being of the baby, and you kind of get left in the dust. Feel like a ladies night out this week? We could totally cab it somewhere for a bit if you want to get away.
Posted by: Stacia | May 1, 2008 08:08 AM
I just wanted to add that you had left giving birth off the list. Big ommision mama. I think giving birth is much bigger than buying the house :)
LOVE YOU
Posted by: Nana | May 2, 2008 08:28 PM