How to have all the "me-time" you need . . .

[AZMomof4]

grow a penis.  I swear, I hate to keep score but I am gonna . . .

since noon, I have:

gotten twins up from their nap, fed them, cleaned them up and the HUGE mess they made, gotten them dressed, gone to Sears to pick up pictures, gone to Target to get things for trip, picked up other two from school, taken all 4 to the library, let the older two get their own library cards (it took FOREVER), loaded & unloaded twins in to & out of car seats 4 times, made sure older two were properly buckled in boosters twice, heaved 20 lb double stroller in to too small space twice, and out twice, listed to MMBop on car stereo about 14Xs (my daughter's favorite song), helped two w/homework, fed twins dinner, cleaned them and huge mess up again, made their bottles for night and morning, made dinner for everyone else, packed lunches for 3 and breakfast for 1, laid out outfits for tomorrow, fed the cat, changed 1 poopy diaper, did the nightly binky search, dressed babies for bed, served dinner, helped 5 year old with bath, cleaned up dinner dishes, read book to twins, had book read to me by 7 yr old, tucked them all in.  (Not necessarily in that order.) 

I think I actually had the chance to eat leftovers for lunch while in the kitchen, doing dishes, feeding babies and packing a diaper bag for the outing.  Oh, I did go to the restroom a few times but not always at the time I really wanted to.

what husband has done since noon:

went out to lunch with friends, back to office, did some work ( remember "work", it involved talking with grown ups, having a phone call that wasn't interrupted 12 times and being appreciated for your efforts.), drove home alone while listening to anything he wanted to on radio, played with babies for 10 minutes or so, changed 1 poopy diaper, ate dinner, went to home office, did whatever the hell he wanted to do in there for a couple of hours, walked on the treadmill.  

See the difference there?  Apparently if you have a penis, YOU decide how to spend your time and you have an ABUNDANCE of that time to do with whatever you please.  If I had realized how easy it all was I might have opted for a sex change operation instead of the boob job.   

Don't even get me started on how men have got the whole, I am not feeling so well so I need to get in bed and rest for a day or two thing down like gang busters.  Again, apparently, if you have a penis, resting while sick and I mean doing NOTHING else but resting, is just the right you have.  Did I miss that part in the constitution or something?  What do moms do when we are sick?  The same damn stuff we do every single day, no stopping, no sleeping through the night, etc.  Maybe, if we are really "lucky" we can order a pizza for the family instead of cook dinner, but you can only get away with that one night.  

In my next life, please let me have a penis.  

 

[sgr123]

Mar. 6, 2007 at 11:39 PM My goodness. Give him a kick in the pants. You are underappreciated.

[owie]

Mar. 6, 2007 at 11:45 PM

Know how you feel. My husband believes I lounge around eating bon bons and watching soaps while he slaves away at work .We definately get the raw end of the deal sometimes.

[LaChaos]

Mar. 7, 2007 at 8:36 PM ahww...yes i suffer as you do. I have a funny one for you...one evening I started not feeling well within an hour i was upstairs with my face hovering over the toilet (thank god i clean well) adn then switching ends (damn...not so clean now..), then i was sitting on the toilet with face in trash can...when one end went the other thought that it was a great idea and joined in. It was awful my stomach was cramping so bad i could barely hold myself up onto the toilet. I layed in the bathroom for about 4 hours, finally my man went and got me some pepto and sprite...after spewing these up a few times i was able to keep some down and crawled into the bedroom to lay in the bed for a few minutes. while i was laying there one of the boys woke up...here is the good part...did i mention i was sick??...he went and got the baby brought him into the room stepped over my puke can and asked me if i wanted to breastfeed...no really he did...i wanted to claw his eyes out...instead i explained to him where the bottles were and how to make one...the baby contracted whatever virus i had anyway and he and i sat down in the livingroom hurling into a bucket but damn....   

[tiger587]

Mar. 8, 2007 at 3:44 PM I know what you mean. My boyfriend thinks that since he works and goes to school that's all he must do. He doesn't realize I work almost 24/7. With the exception of when I'm asleep! I have to make him get up and do stuff sometimes. I thought it was because he's a young father. But it seems most guys are like that.

[CEastep]

Mar. 8, 2007 at 3:48 PM LMAOOOO!!! This was great....now I want one!!!

[Shanna0272]

Mar. 19, 2007 at 9:07 AM I know exactly how that is my husband thinks since i dont work that i dont have a full time job. i may only have one child right now but she is enough to handle all day long, when ui'm sick i still have to get up and take care of things that need to be done, but when hes sick he acts like a big baby. honey this honey that.