1 6.5lb nocturnal newborn
PLUS
1 high energy, early rising, often moody, 5.5 year old
PLUS
1 sweet, yet mischievous 3 year old
MINUS
Reasonable amount of sleep
PLUS
1 stinky, shedding dog
PLUS
USELESS, litter box mess creating cat, (multiplied by 2)
PLUS
10 loads of laundry per week
MINUS
1 fully stocked refrigerator
PLUS
3 *free* weeks of unsolicited parenting advice
PLUS
600 Lego and puzzle pieces covering 1 living room floor
PLUS
1 neglected blog, dwindling in popularity
PLUS
Countless photo ops
PLUS
10 perfect baby toes
PLUS
Endless sloppy toddler kisses
MINUS
Ever being lonely
EQUALS
One half-crazed, often crabby, 90% spit-up covered, mommy with a very full heart.
Hope you get some sleep!! Sounds like your life is fun, full and hectic!
ReplyDeleteHm. I did my calculations, and I got a different answer. Not sure where I went wrong, but my equation equaled "spa day". ;)
ReplyDeleteLove it! I constantly smell of baby vomit. Constantly.
ReplyDeleteI got "nanny!" Hey, here's a weird little factoid: I took a four-month break from blogging to finish my book and didn't check my stats at all in that time. When I came back, my blog had had great traffic, without me writing a word! Very disheartening! Or good. Or whatever.
ReplyDeleteThat's not to encourage you to take a break, just to know that we'll stick with you, even if you're, um, sticky!
On the one hand, I am super mean and would lose the pets. On the other hand, I am super nice and would love to help alleviate some of your loneliness :) and maybe even do a couple of loads of wash and help rake up some legos while I'm there. ;-)
ReplyDeleteWait, wait!!!!!! pretty soon more unsolicited parental advice coming your way and this time from a Brooklyn born Jewish mother ;). Holy matzoh balls!
ReplyDeleteShould I laugh? I love that you are keeping your sense of humour - also that you have a very full heart.
ReplyDeletecan you out source the laundry? The cat? Anything?
Add to that a part time job that suddenly went full time - and get CRAZED LUNATIC.
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