Moms
June 28, 2008
Before having kids I never realized how much cleaning I would have to do. During the day, I am probably cleaning and picking up stuff every 2 minutes. Today I woke up and the kids jumped on me when all I wanted was 30 minutes more just to lay my head but there was no way in hell they would let me. Of course my husband got to sit in bed and watch his TV shows and relax. I got up and immediately had to clean up the sheets and underwear Kiwi left in Avery’s bed this morning when she decided to climb into his crib and pee in it. WTF? Then I had to make their breakfasts-two different breakfasts because Kiwi won’t eat French toast and Avery won’t eat eggs. Now I’m actually able to sit down and type this because they are playing while 101 Dalmations is playing the background. Welcome to my Saturday morning.
I dunno what inspired me to write today. I’ve been wanting to write for awhile but I’ve been either too lazy or mostly just too darn tired. Having 2 kids takes a lot out of you. People who have one kid should stick to having one kid. They have no idea what’s coming to them. There are times where I’ll ask Oren, “Remember when we only had one kid and how much easier it was?” At the time when we only had Kiwi, it was already a bit hard. Now I kick myself in the ass for having the only child syndrome thinking how much it would better if Kiwi had a sibling. Being an only child sucked for me so of course I had to have another one to keep my firstborn company. But man, Kiwi and Avery fight everyday and it drives me bonkers. I’m either cleaning up their messes or trying to stop them from strangling each other. Again, I had no idea it was going to be this way. But my friends who do have siblings say this fighting behavior is totally normal. Crazy.
July 1, 2008
What an absurd thing with this group of teenagers in Massachusetts-17 of them- all being pregnant at the same time. Making it pact/competition situation. Are you fucking kidding me? What are they thinking? If anything, I feel sad for their parents because that’s where all the responsibility will going to. Poor saps.
Why has having children becoming such a trendy thing? Teenagers, celebrities and on the edge of menopause women. With the economy being so horrible and with so many people being jobless, this should be the last thing on people’s minds but it seems like we’re going through another baby boom. So many women here in LA are having kids but they are sooooooooooooo old. I already feel old for having Kiwi at 29. But there are moms pushing strollers who are at between the ages of 38-48 and they CREEP me out. They attend My Gym and art class with us and they all seem to be pretty smart women. Obviously they decided to put their careers before family and then at the last minutes of their biological clock ticking, they farted a thought, a need, that they should now have children. Kudos to them but damn, I do not want to be 48 or even 58 chasing around a 10 year old. I want to be traveling Europe with Oren and chatting on the phone with my kids about how their day went at college. Can you imagine these kids 10 years from now who are going to have to explain to their friends over and over again that the old broad picking them up is their mom, not their grandma. What’s worse is that these women are fucking with their old eggs with fertility drugs and having multiples. It is so common to see twins and triplets now . So much work, stress. And money. Those crazy old women.