The Happy Homemaker

As I was super tired, I spent a big part of my morning watchign Project Runway. Project Runway and America’s Next Top Model are the only reality shows I watch. Even then I watch them only on marathon reruns. I like watching how the contestants meet the different challenges and how each challenge tests different levels of ability. There is always the more conservative one who must work outside their limits and the outrageous one who must learn to be more conservative. The one with too much individuality must learn to balance that out while working as a team, but without loosing too much of their individuality. A mistake means that the contestant would be eliminated.

I watched Project Runway in between chores here and there and I began to imagine myself on a reality show. What if I were on America’s Top Housewife?

Well, today would be the day that I would be eliminated. I just didn’t come out in my work today, not at all. I lost myself. My challenge was an adjustment to a change in routine. Since my husband has been unemployed we tend to sleep in. This week we had to wake up early. That means I had to put the kids to bed early. Well, Tuesday night everything fell apart. Viki came home from Vacation Bible School with a fever and then took a nap all day long. Jonny fell asleep at 4 and slept until 7 PM. The kids refused to eat their supper until 9 PM. Viki went to bed at 11PM, Jonny stayed up until 2 AM!! Only Ron Ron went to bed at 10 PM. I woke up the next morning exhausted. Viki woke up screaming and refused to go to Vacation Bible School even though she was no longer sick. Ron Ron crawled everywhere and ate toilet paper. So I ended up lying on the bed. Ron Ron was shut in the room with me so he wouldn’t get into anything and Viki laid on the bed with my while I watched Project Runway making fun of the guy who wore make up cry like a baby.

I can imagine the judges tearing me up. They think I am talented. I just didn’t rise to the challenge that day.

Auf Wiedersehen.

Thank goodness I am not on a reality show! My family can’t vote me off. I can have up and down days. I have eternal immunity!! I am thankful for that.