Thank God It's Friday?

Friday. The day that everyone longs for. The beginning of the weekend, going out with friends, sleeping in or binging on Netflix. When I worked, I would just look forward to my day off because I worked in retail, I never really got weekends off. I was just more excited that my friends were off for the weekend and that I would actually be able to see them. It isn't like that anymore. Now that I am a stay at home mom, I just look at Friday as another day. I still wake up at 6:30/ 7 o'clock and go about making breakfast for my family. We hang out at the breakfast table. I watch my oldest slurp her milk from the bowl and my youngest splashing milk everywhere with her spoon. I just sit across from them with my breakfast and coffee and I just watch them, thinking about everything that I have to do for the day. "If it is nice today, we will go for a walk to the park" or "If it rains we will stay inside and do some crafts while mommy folds the laundry". Moms do not get days off. Even moms who work all week don't gets days off because where their weekend come, it is usually their time to catch up on the house work that has been neglected throughout the week. Their weekends almost always consist of cleaning and plans with their families.

 I don't mind never having a day off because I love being able to always be around my children and know that they are cared for. I would rather be with them then leave them with someone who may or may not fully care for them. I know who and what they will be exposed to, what they are eating, what they are learning, etc. Do I miss working? Sure. I miss having some adult interaction. I miss being able to leave the house by myself for a few hours, just go go to lunch alone with the girls. Now I have to plan lunch dates that 90% fall through because something comes up or I have to bring the children, and taking children out for dinner is almost always a difficult time. I have gotten lucky and my girls are usually pretty well behaved but we have definitely had our moments. Other than that, I am lucky that I able to stay at home. My husband doesn't make BANGING money to where we are overly comfortable. We afford the bare minimum and that is it. The girls are always taken care of and they have everything they need. That is all that matters. 

I went to college for a few years online and got my Bachelors degree for Criminal Justice and I have yet to do anything with it. Do I feel like it was a waste? No. I am in no rush. If something comes up to where I absolutely need to go and get a job, I will. As of right now, we are saving money by not having to pay $500 plus for each kid to go to day care each month. I am still learning to take everything day by day and to look at the positive side of everything. I want to live a positive life so that positive things happen. I understand that rainy days do happen, but I am learning to grow from them.

First Public Writing

I have always loved to write. It is a perfect past time while the girls are doing their own thing and when I don't want to read who is dating who, who ate what and should I chose this picture or that picture mambo jumbo on social media. Today I finally decided to try out the blogging life and to give a little more meaning to my writings. Especially on days like today where once again it is boring and wet outside.

This whole summer season so far as been wet and even chilly. Days like today we can't just go outside and play without getting muddy and wet. Don't get me wrong, we don't mind mud but when I also have two other dogs that I am watching until the end of next week, you can imagine how much cleaning up and wiping down that I have to do to everyone on the daily. So we are stuck inside for at least most of the morning and the girls get so sick of each other so fast. They go from playing nicely, to fighting over a toy that neither one of them have played with since it was bought, to chasing each other around playing tag to sitting on each others backs just to see how cries first. Sometimes I surrender and give them my phone so that they can watch Netflix but even then it only lasts a few minutes until someone tries to take the phone and run, change the show or the get annoyed with how close they are to each other. Typical girls I suppose. Growing up, I had five sisters and we never got along. We were the same way if not worse. We would always fight over the one bathroom, purposely poke fun at each other and would love pushing each others buttons but we did love each other. I know they love each other but it gets stressful hearing the same tattles and whines over and over again. I am a stay at home mom, I know it is what I do and I truthfully wouldn't change it for the world. Saving money and being able to teach them and to watch them grow first hand is such a blessing.

Summer is just beginning and now that they are another year older, we get to do more and more with them and they are so excited. Like going to the zoo again and to take them to Kneobels. I love that we are able to do these types of things with our children. Growing up, we only ever went on one "vacation" and I wouldn't necessarily call it a vacation because we went to Buffalo and stayed at a few hotels with pools and then we went to Niagara Falls and came home. Every few summers we would go to Kneobels as well. Growing up wasn't much fun with a big family as much as everyone thinks. Mom always worked and siblings always watched us. So I am looking forward to my children growing up and to having a childhood that they will always remember.