Last week we were on vacation in Colorado staying in a house with my parents and my sister and her family as well as ours. We had a great time exploring the sites like the Garden of the Gods, Santa's Workshop (a small amusement park both my girls loved) and so on. One of the highlights of the trip was swimming, which we all did daily if not more often.
During the vacation I stayed up way late (for me) and slept as late as my girls allowed instead of getting up at 5am. I also realized something. I need a full time nanny. Or four of me.
As a mom, I do pretty well with one of my girls at a time. But when they're both around, it's hard! They often want to do different things, go different directions...and there's only one of me! Who do I choose? It's never fair and it's downright hard! On vacation, things were much easier because there were other people around to fill in the gaps I leave. And if I had four of me, I could dedicate one to each girl, one to cook, clean, do laundry, and visit with my husband when he gets home. And I'd save one to write, read, and enjoy that side of life.
During the vacation I stayed up way late (for me) and slept as late as my girls allowed instead of getting up at 5am. I also realized something. I need a full time nanny. Or four of me.
As a mom, I do pretty well with one of my girls at a time. But when they're both around, it's hard! They often want to do different things, go different directions...and there's only one of me! Who do I choose? It's never fair and it's downright hard! On vacation, things were much easier because there were other people around to fill in the gaps I leave. And if I had four of me, I could dedicate one to each girl, one to cook, clean, do laundry, and visit with my husband when he gets home. And I'd save one to write, read, and enjoy that side of life.
So what do I do? Hire a nanny? Ha! That's laughable. Even if I could afford it there's no way I'd allow someone else to take care of my girls instead of me. It's just not going to happen! I'm a bit over protective, can you tell? And it doesn't seem as if I can create four of me, unless we're talking about the fiction world. And so I trudge through and do the best I can. Someday, both girls will be in school and I'll have more time for Me#4 and even Me#3. Until then, I will do my best to split Me#1 with Me#2 and hope and pray that I'm enough for both of them!
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