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Fridays
Posted July 24th, 2009 by Mom | Discussion (0)
Most people in the work force eagerly await Fridays. Is it because they dislike their jobs so much? Is it because they anticipate all their free time over the weekend? Is it because they have projects at home to do over the weekend that can’t get done during the week? Is it that they are so overworked during the week that they can’t do necessary tasks (washing/ironing, cleaning dishes, dusting, etc.) during their evenings and they anticipate maybe getting caught up at home during the weekend? I ponder all these questions as I am home doing the “home” tasks while B is busy at work making money so I can stay home and do the “house” tasks during the week and hopefully spend a little time with him while he is home during the weekends.
I have spent this week mostly at home, in the house, cleaning. Just like business people’s meetings that seem to be never ending or repetitive, my stay at home mom life is never ending and quite repetitive as well. Sure there are unusual projects that crop up – like washing the master bedroom window scarves yesterday (that I only noticed said “dry clean only” when I was shoving them in the dryer… fortunately they were fine and are now hanging up, though a bit more fluffy – at least dust free!) or dusting the blinds, stuff that doesn’t need to be done weekly, but still needs to be done at least quarterly. Same as the business world’s “special projects.”
Today it is a little after 11 and I have been to Walmart (yesterday went to Walmart as well and need to go again, as I noticed we are out of cat litter – will I ever NOT have a list of things to buy at Walmart?!) made up my bed, on my second load of laundry, rounded up the trash and took it out and need to unload/load the dishwasher. Next task is dusting the living room blinds. Alas, I am procrastinating by blogging.
Boys have cleaned up their rooms, and April is outside playing with J. C is on the living room couch playing Nintendo DS and I’ve got 4 more loads of laundry to do – ironing can wait until tomorrow when April is not running around the house – afraid that the cord of the iron will get caught on her and will fall off and hurt her or us. It was much simpler being a child, although when I was a child all I wanted to do was be a grownup. I need to work on my contentment issues.
I’m off to clean house some more. I really want to finish today’s to-do list before mowing our in-law’s grass this evening – while B edges and weedeats. If I get finished with today’s list, I can reward myself with a little reading of Harry Potter book 6 tonight at bedtime, as I finished book 5 last night (with not a few tears shed over the ending – no spoilers from me if you haven’t read it and if you have read it, you understand what I’m referring to…).
So, to people in the business world – your life is more similar to mine that either of us would care to admit. You get paid with money and I get paid with the occasional “thank you.”