Confessions Of a Working Mommy

Confessions Of A Working Mommy

There are some days where I rock it hard and I even surprise myself. I killed it at the 9-5, dinner was ready at a decent time, bath and kids in bed by 7:30. Wha……just happened!? Those days are like Christmas here. Shit just doesn’t happen often.

Usually I’m a hot mess.

But I have learned a thing or 2 working full time while having 2 babies. Things that actually help my stress level and leave for working in one piece. It’s not a solution and you still need to time your mornings out, but I have found when I do these things, I feel more like June fucking Cleaver.

If Hot Mess Mom was in the dictionary, my picture would be right there with it. Usually my work day goes along the lines of “oh fuckity fuck fuck. I’m late!” (literally everyday) Get put together so I look passable in my office setting at work. Wake kids up, dig through the hamper of clean laundry I have yet to fold or put away in order to find clothes for kids. Waffles in the toaster, get their shit on and asking my 3 year old every 5 seconds if I can just help her with her zipper because Mommy is running behind…..again. The response I get from her? “No Mommy, I don’t need your help!” while she painfully tries to jam her zipper together, unsuccessfully, again. And again. By the time we get on the road my blood level is off the charts.

End of day is no better

Fast forward to the end of the day. Pick up is usually smooth and uneventful, get home and dinner is a mad dash of whatever the fuck I’ve got prepped (nothing usually). I offer bribes to the girls so they will leave me alone to cook, or at least enough to stop asking for snacks over and over while I’m cooking. Seriously, who does that!? Then operation “just 2 more bites” starts with me never knowing if 2 more bites were actually had but the food has been shuffled around so whatever. Next up, Bath time where I say “don’t splash” over and over until I look like a drowned rat and I wasn’t even in the bath! Bedtime is equally painful as the 3 year old negotiates additional pee time, her dehydration and general needs that require attending before she’ll even think of even closing those eyes. I will say the baby is a gem and goes down like lead. Bless her.

Time for Mommy time….Just kidding!

By the time that’s done, I have lunches to make, and usually dinner is out to clean up still. Half the time, ok…who are we kidding. A LOT of the time I just say “fuck it” so I can relax myself and just leave the mess for tomorrow. Sometimes I even leave the lunches but that leaves me with huge regret in the morning and I usually tell myself exactly that when I contemplate skipping it, “You will fucking hate your life at 6am tomorrow if you wake up and realize you still have to do lunches. So do it now”

How did I get here?

I always pictured myself as the kind of Mom who was organized, house neat and kids well kept and polite….here’s a hard truth. I’m not. And the more I talk to other moms the more I realize I am totally not alone in this.

True, it can be depressing to come to the acceptance that your house is just going to have to keep looking like Wreck It Ralph lives here. Or that you are NOT Martha Stewart, or Rachel Ray. Fuck, I’m not even Roseanne. But I have learned that, that’s OK. This is not forever. My kids will get older and become more and more self sufficient, will help with chores and let’s not forget extra curriculars.

 

Just a few of my favourite things (how sad)

1. Shower at night. (doh) But if you are anything like me and have super thick hair that takes forever to dry, don’t go to bed with wet hair! At least blow dry 80% of it.
2. Make lunches the night before, I actually try to make them as I am making supper, since I’m in the kitchen anyways! (Don’t skip it, you’ll hate yourself in the AM).
3. Don’t hit snooze! It’s deadly.
4. Keep a makeup bag in your car of your basic items. Mascara, foundation, blush and eyeliner is in mine, just in case you need to whip that shit on quick in the car before work.
5. Plan my meals for the week. I don’t prep, I’m not that girl but I find if I know exactly what we are having and the ingredients are there, it’s much smoother.
6. Lay out the girls clothes, or at least have them picked out of the hamper the night before…
7. Breakfast on the go, this is my biggest time saver. Banana, waffles, overnight oats etc…anything I can get my kids to eat in the car. I try to stay away from anything too messy.
8. I keep wipes in the door of my car, on each sides of the kids car seat. If said breakfast is all over them by the time we get to daycare/preschool, this fixes them up real quick.
9. This I don’t personally do, but I had a girlfriend tell me that she puts her kids to bed at night in their clothes. Wake up, easy peasy. We like our bedtime routine with pj’s as they are cozy but I have definitely contemplated this.

Make time for you, Mommas.

In all seriousness though, that’s prett y tame. I know there are woman out there that are fucking rock stars and somehow manage it better than I do. I am selfish though and prioritize time for myself. If I didn’t, my sanity would be at stake.

If you have any life saving tips or hacks that you think should be added to this, please comment and let me know. I am always looking for ways to make my life easier!

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