For
a first post, I suppose I should introduce myself and the insanity
that is my family. I am a thirty seven year old wife and mother. I
don't officially work, at least not at anything I get paid for. I
have been married for 16 years (to the same man) and we have four
children. That's right, they all have the same baby daddy. Cool,
huh?
My
oldest is our thirteen year old son. Teenage boy – talk about
automatic blogger material! Next is a ten year old daughter. Ten
going on 17, or so she thinks. Then we have the eight year old son
who fluctuates between total sweetheart and total frustration. Last,
but never least, is the 6 year old princess of the family. She
mostly thinks she is the queen of all.
My
husband and I have been married for sixteen years. I love him
desperately, even when I want to strangle him. He works as a
computer geek during the day and spends a few evenings a week as an
instructor at our local community college. I hate the time it takes
away from the family, but I love the money it brings! He also
volunteers a lot of time at our church. Overall, he is a great
husband and father but, sometimes he needs a swift kick in the ass to
remember that I need help with all the crazy.
What
crazy, you ask? Four kids isn't enough crazy? No, of course not.
Currently, I have four kids, three sports, four different teams, and
practice for someone or other every night of the week. On two
nights, I have two practices at the same time on opposite ends of
town. Can anyone teach me to bi-locate? Somewhere in there I have to
ensure homework completion, make dinner, and make sure everyone has
school uniforms for the next day.
But,
I'm a stay at home mom so that's all I do anyway, right? Not quite.
I am coordinator of room parents at the kids' school. A small,
private religious school. Do I even need to tell you there is drama?
I also “volunteer” to help with the hot lunch a few days a week.
A say “volunteer” because I actually get credits so my kids can
get the hot lunches free. If not for that, I would have nothing to
do with being a lunch helper. I love seeing the kids, but it is
smack in the middle of my day and totally inconvenient. But, free
lunch! Whoo-hoo!
I
am also currently taking a college class. I won't say much except
that it is in the hopes of getting employment in the next couple of
years in order to help pay for the private schools. I also bowl once
a week and do bunco once a month. Mostly, I get into trouble with my
loud mouthed friend. I have a busy, insane life that I love. I am a
painfully honest, foul mouthed, exhausted mom trying to do everything
right and sometimes epically failing. There is always drama,
laughter, anger, frustration, joy and, most importantly, love. There
is never enough money to go around and I have learned to live
cheaply. And sometimes, I consider selling myself to make ends meet.
Just kidding. Sort of.
Welcome
to the crazy.
