The Happy Homemaker

Today was a really rough day. As you may know, I am alone with my three angels while my husband is away doing Army training for three weeks. I have never missed him as much as I did today!

Today was rough! Aron kept me up until 7 AM because I think he was teething. I even gave him some ibuprofen. So I was tired most of the day. How did I survive? I cheated!! I am alone with 3 children so either I go insane trying to be super housewife or I manage the best I can and cheat. When I couldn’t take the whining and fussing any longer I took the kids to McDonald’s. That’s right, fast food! I have little money in my account too. I also didn’t order the apple slices. My kids ate french fries and those fried chicken nuggets. I brought them home. As I was dozing off, Aron and Jon Jon kept fighting to sit in my lap and they took turns screaming and crying for an hour. So guess what! We went out again! Yeah, that’s right! I spent more money. I bought personal pan pizzas with pepperoni on the top and I dranks lots and lots of coca cola. Yes, I drank me some fattening soda filled with caffeine.

Then I brought the kids home, gave them baths, and tried to send them to bed. Well, it is midnight and they are still up. Do I care? Well, yes, I do, but I will type on endlessly in my blog instead of yelling and screaming until I get sick. At least they are quiet in their rooms. Oh, and I need a shower. Do I get to take one? No!! Oh, well! I hear that not washing your hair saves the environment. Yeah, that’s it. I am saving the environment by not doing the dishes too!! That is what I am doing. Seriously!! I did have to do laundry as my three year old son pooped on the floor and covered it up using one of my nice towels. Nice!!! That was fun to clean up. It kept me from cleaning the kitchen and all of the other millions of things I need to do.

So if you see me with greasy hair sticking up in the air, wrinkled clothes (oh yeah I forgot to change from yesterday) bags under my eyes, and gulping down an iced soda, and ten more pounds because of all of the fast food, please understand. I am taking care of three babies by myself!!! It is either lower my expectations or go insane. Insane mommies aren’t real good for the children in the end.

I will now go lie down on my unmade bed, in my cluttered room, with dust on the furniture, and crumbs on the floor. At least my kids are clean, fed, and otherwise happy. We even managed a prayer and scripture reading so I guess that is better than nothing.