Beta Mum's Blog Beta Mum on 20 Jan 2009 09:27 pm
A Day’s Work
Some people arrive at work feeling fresh and ready to face their e-mails with humour and enthusiasm, after a restorative evening of relaxation.
I imagine those people are not parents.
Not of my children, anyhow.
I arrive at work feeling I’ve done a day’s hard graft, ready only to sit, numb and glum, in front of a screen - with just enough conscious thought to be glad it doesn’t crowd me with complaints, arguments and unreasonable demands.
This morning, by the time I left the house at 8.15am I had: -
- showered, dressed etc
- made 2 packed lunches
- finished laying breakfast table after half-hearted attempt by Hannah
- practiced 10 spellings each with 2 children
- gone through 8 times table with Hannah
- found out that Ben had not brought his homework home - again
- checked contents of 2 PE kits and 1 football kit
- plaited Hannah’s hair (fruitless nit prevention tactic)
- supervised 5 minutes of violin practice (Hannah)
- supervised 5 minutes of piano practice (Ben)
- searched for lost glove (still lost, probably forever)
- grabbed pile of bills in the hope I would remember to deal with them at work
After that, driving to work on my scooter in drizzle and gale force winds was a welcome 20 minute hiatus.
Just me, a whining 50cc engine and a howling wind.
Bliss.
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on 22 Jan 2009 at 1:30 am 1.Iota said …
Whining and howling… yes, that would be a relief in the circs.
on 01 Feb 2009 at 8:51 am 2.A Modern Mother said …
I am going to start writing lists like this too, seriously. The last item will be, wrote list.
I highlighted your blog over at the Ning this week…