Hovel:
- Main Entry:
- hov·el
- Pronunciation:
- \ˈhə-vəl, ˈhä-\
- Function:
- noun
- Etymology:
- Middle English
- Date:
- 15th century
1 : an open shed or shelter2 : tabernacle3 : a small, wretched, and often dirty house : hut
While talking to PC tonight I told him I feel like I have my hands in too many pots. Jokingly he told me the first thing to go was going to be the house. Oh sweet thang, I think that pot already got up and went.
So, this motherhood thing. I’m looking for someone who has their arms around it because on days like today Im finding it damn near impossible to get my arms around everything that needs to be gotten around. Im trying to find the balance of the things that have to be done, things that should be done but can wait, things that I want to do, things that promote survival (ie food; preparation of), things that generate income, things that make the kids happy, things that make me happy, etc. There are not enough hours in a lifetime to fit it all, so what gives?
I told PC maybe I should just have Kimmy come more often, because the fact that I have a housekeeper pick up after us once a month is just not enough. But then if I freed up some hours of sewing (income generator) I could do the cleaning myself (income saver) and we’ve netted $0.
I try to make great use of my time; I surf the web while Mackenzie is eating, I seam rip while in the car (as a PASSENGER of course), and if I could just find about 16 more hours a day where I can do two things at once we’d be ok. So tell me, what am I missing? How do you prioritize to get everything done? Because right now Im feeling especially thankful that we get that automatic overseas extension on our taxes because those?, those are residing at the bottom of a proverbial PILE. And the kicker….we have an accountant do our taxes. All we have to do is shove all our paperwork in an envelope and mail it. But I haven’t found the free time to even stuff an envelope. Save me.
For whatever its worth, it makes me feel a little better, less inadequate, to know my sister-in-law (who has three kids) is JUST getting around to responding to an email I sent her….a year and a half ago.
Filed under: This Is My Life, its not just good-its just good enough
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I can’t believe how the days trickle through my fingers. I’ve basically given up on the house. No, really. Like, I do laundry and dishes, but that’s about all I can keep up with. I’m also clinging to the idea that there will be more time LATER. I wish, though, that it could be better distributed, so that we didn’t have to go from “No free time” to “Trying to find ways to fill time.”
1 Swistle said this (April 15, 2009 at 7:19 pm)
Ha! I love the hovel intro. Hilarious. I feel like you do all the time. ALL THE TIME. I hate it and it sucks. Period.
2 Katie (The Yap) said this (April 16, 2009 at 2:22 am)