Finding Joy in Snarkville

I want desperately to tell you that day one as a stay/work-at-home mommy was awesome and amazing and the best thing ever.  I want to tell you that my fears have been calmed because I can totally do this and my house has never been cleaner, the child never better behaved, and I’ve never been happier.  Alas, I’d be lying — but in summary it was a good day.

First, keep in mind that I don’t have a 5pm relief shift at this point.  I’m on my own for all duties in this house since Prince is traveling.  So keeping this in mind, I have high and low points for the day:

1. The day began too early.  Trying to be prepped for the day, I went to bed too late and Duke woke too early.  Two cups of coffee, a small headache, and two pills solved all of that.
2. Duke has the ability to charm anyone without trying.  Ok, so he totally made random people on the street laugh when he said “hi” to the ‘crossing guy’ sign on the street corner.
3. I stepped in something gross this morning.
4. Tomorrow is garbage day…which means I’m in charge of trash too — including changing litter boxes.  I’m almost done — but boy do I hate that job.
5. Duke did his first magic trick — hiding a quarter in his hands and wanted me to guess which hand.  It was cute and I was wrong.
6. Duke has eaten pretty much all day.  There was breakfast, the mid-morning snack, late lunch, afternoon snack, and dinner.  He still wants dessert at this point too.  I swear we literally are going from one meal to the next.
7. Point number 6 leads me to the fact that I have more dirty dishes than ever in my sink.
8. I tried with all my heart to do the last two loads of laundry so I could pack us — alas, the first load is still in the washer.
9. The biggest problem we faced today was that I didn’t want to make pancakes for breakfast (see the point about the dishes).  I think we overcame it with flying colors.
10. I’m pooped.  No, seriously, pooped.  I want to crawl into bed and wake up in November kind of pooped.  However, in a few minutes when the bath is done, I shall read a story, then finish the trash/cat boxes.  I shall also finish my work for the day and prep the last of two errands we have to do tomorrow.
11. And we shall pack.  Yes, packing is a key point in all of this — because it must be done.

Any bets on if I will still be standing at the end of tomorrow?  I’ve got a fiver on ‘No’

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