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I’m going to reveal my inner most secrets to you, right here, right now. The reason for this insanity, you ask? Because sometimes I just don’t have it all pulled together like some people think. Sometimes I want to go home, crawl into bed and watch 3 weeks worth of DVR’d Extreme Home Makeovers…and cry at all of them. Sometimes I want to go shopping and spend money that I don’t have on really stylish clothes and shoes, and then not feel guilty at all about it afterwards and then buy a large-full-of-lots-of-fat-super-ridiculous-girly-type-Starbucks coffee. But I don’t ever do that. Because I have two kids and expecting a third, so I spend money on things like daycare, soccer, hockey, football, new sneakers, new carseats, Happy Meals, and Pizza Hut. I watch Nick and Nick Jr and know the theme songs to iCarly, Drake and Josh, and SpongeBob. And this week was a pretty bad week for some ugly reasons and certainly did not have it all pulled together. So this is how I fake the fact that I look all pulled together:
1. I buy all of my clothes from JC Penney and Target. (And only from the sale rack.)
2. I buy all of my shoes from JC Penney and Target. (And sometimes Payless if they have a BOGO sale.)
3. My sister, sister-in-law, mother, and I all swap clothes after a few months so it’s like we all just went shopping.
4. I haven’t been to Starbucks in about 2 years but I do brew a mean cup of coffee in the morning. ($4.00 for a “vente” coffee could buy 2 gallons of milk.)
5. When I wake up in the morning I sit on the couch and stare at the wall for 10 minutes. I have no idea what I think about, I just stare. It helps clear my head for the day.
6. I fall asleep on the couch with an old knitted blanket on me every night. Seriously, I’m like an old lady. But very well rested.
7. I make sure to get home at least 10 minutes before Nate gets off the bus so I can clean up the house (Keith kind of drops the ball on that one every morning) and pee in peace before “Mommy” time starts.
8. I focus on students and students only during the school day so my brain doesn’t explode from thinking about too many things at once.
9. I focus on my family and family only once I’m home from work so my brain doesn’t explode from thinking about too many things at once.
10. I read People Magazine. I know, I know, I’m an English teacher. I should be reading classic literature, but I can’t help it. I love People Magazine.
…So there you have it. I have these little secrets to my sanity that make it seem like I have got things all under control. But in all honesty, sometimes I just don’t. Please forgive me for those days. Especially this past week.
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I’m a lurker and never leave comments, but I can totally relate to this post! I feel like I have a lot in common with you–two kids under 10, English teaching, shopping at Target for clothes, feeling like I have no time alone in the bathroom! You definitely aren’t alone!
#5 sounds like meditation. It’s a good thing.
And People? C’mon! The TMZ website will deliver all the crap in half the time. Or so I’ve been told.
I haven’t been in a mall in 7 years. I majored in English, but I have never read Moby Dick. I sleep on the couch too.
Great post.