‘Round the Clock Moms
I come in bright ‘n early in the morning, sit down at my computer and check my email. And it never fails. Just by checking when an email arrived in my inbox, I can easily see when my mommy friends finally get a minute to themselves to email and blog. Often—oh wait—all the time, it’s between the hours of midnight and 5am. Why? That’s the time everyone else leaves mom alone and she finally gets a minute to catch up.
I get it. The day flies by, we’re juggling a million things, trying to just make it through the day, through the drive home, then through dinner, and then finally get the kids to bed. It’s the “to do” list that never ends. Get up, get moving, coffee, more coffee, work, boss, work, appointments, return calls, pick this up, drop that off, nap (please), dinner, what’s for dinner?, find dinner, bath, bed, where’s the paci?, where’s the elephant?, bed (finally), toss in laundry, vino, computer, hop on the computer and play finely tuned game of “catch up”. I call it the ‘Round the Clock Mom. She’s very talented indeed. I can often predict when my friends will email me just by the time of day. Just as soon as we wrap up one day, another begins and there are a few “chill” hours in between. They are the calm before the storm…or after it (likely both), but we’ll take any calm we can get right?
Here’s to the 3am crowd! When do you finally get things done and what’s your favorite “mommy is winding down, give me some peace for a minute” relaxation strategy?
Happy Monday!
Ellie
