Make it a double

There are some days that I am very proud of being able to juggle working around the clock with raising two kids. Then there are all the other days.

I recently had one of those out of body experiences where you see yourself from above. I was holding my laptop in one hand and wiping down the kitchen counter with the other. The series of events that led to that particular maneuver are irrelevant. Viewing myself that way made me laugh out loud. Should anyone really be thinking about writing messaging for a client and cleaning up lunch box messes at the same time? Because I do that juggling act for about 15 hours a day.

Then the weekend comes and we spend so much energy trying to keep up with the kids that by the end of it we need a weekend to recover from the weekend! Today Dylan is really perfecting his hair-pulling technique. Even managed to pull Kelsie to the ground by her hair. Impressive. It has taken me an hour just to write this because I have stopped repeatedly to separate them, get the light bulb out of Dylan's hand (don't ask), wrap Kelsie's hair in a bandana so Dylan can't pull it, refill milk cups, fix a snack, change a diaper, help with the potty, catch a chair just before it gets pulled to the ground, etc. Next interruption (I hope) will be a coffee break for mommy. Or a tequila break. Either way.