Parenthood is full of choices.
Like right now. I am 100% sure that I need to shower this morning in order to maintain my status as a healthy, semi-functional member of society. No getting around that one.
But I am also 100% positive that the minute I get in the shower, Bianca will go into her sister's bedroom, wake her up, and steal her coveted pacifier. And I will step out of the shower to the sounds of all hell breaking loose in my household.
Of course, I could choose to skip the shower and maintain peace and quiet on the home front. But then I would have to avoid mirrors (and people) for the rest of the day.
I didn't really expect to use my business school education in my role as a stay-at-home parent. But I find myself doing cost-benefit scenarios all the time. As in "the benefit of going to the store at 6 pm versus the cost of a giant supermarket meltdown," and "the benefit of allowing Bianca to wear her princess dress to the park versus the cost of having it shredded on the monkey bars."
Honestly, I doubt a CEO handles as many decisions in a day as I do. The sheer volume of choices flying at me every day is staggering. OK, a CEO's decisions might involve more people and more money than my choices between broccoli and chicken nuggets, but they undoubtedly involve less screaming.
I am going with shower/potential Armageddon. Pray for me.
6 comments:
good luck lady!! Gotta love the choices left to be made by the SAHM's of the world!!
oh the joys of children. :)
On the days I take a shower I usually MAKE myself get up before Abby is awake and even then I am worried she is going to wake up crying while I'm trying to enjoy my shower but she never has. . .never say never though. Even though I hate waking up that early I do love that I am clean w/ my hair dried and straightened AND I usually get time for coffee and some Today Show before she wakes up which is a treat since the second she wakes up its PBS or her music CD's for the rest of the morning...oh wait and chaos. :) gotta love it
oh crap, i think i pluralized CD's wrong--it should be CDs, shouldn't it? oops :)
:) Kimberly, I am sadly coming to the conclusion that I need to get up before either of the girls. I've been avoiding it because I feel that sleep is so precious and I need all that I can get. But I also need to shower, and I would love to drink a cup of coffee while it's still hot every once in a while. ;) So I'll probably be blogging about my new "getting up early" adventure soon.
That was an absolutely hilarious post :). Love it!
Wow, I can relate in so many ways! In fact, yesterday I took an extra long shower (since Mike was home), just because I could!!
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