Any thoughts?
I was on the phone with a friend earlier. She just started a new job about a week ago & has over an hour long commute. She was complaining that even though her mom is home all day, dinner doesn't get made, & laundry doesn't get done & it's up to her & her brother to do it all.
Then she was saying "Oh, but I know I can't live on my own and work full time, and go to school. Of all the things that need to get done - making food, chores, etc I can never do it all and school always is the one I let slip." Which is fine if that's what she's acknowledging about herself.
But I _am_ living on my own, my laundry gets done, I make sure I eat, go to school (an hour each way 2 nights a week), go to work, all the good stuff, plus make time for Father's day, and other socializing & try to e-mail or call my friends at least 1x every two weeks. Maybe sometimes the chores pile up a little. I have a dishwasher full of clean dishes I ignored tonight. I haven't done laundry in a few days, but I have plenty of clean things to wear.
Am I superwoman?
I don't know it just irked me that she seemed to think it was/is so impossible & I think she forgot who she was talking to.
Not that I don't feel sympathetic. I loved living at mom's and knowing at least some aspect of dinner would be taken care of, even if it was just what I needed to cook. Is it impossible? Am I destined to crash and burn?
I'll probably have forgotten about this in a week. Maybe not though. I know I'm kind of crazy to be doing all this, but if not now, when? I can't really afford to not work, and if I don't do school now, when else? I watched my mom go back to school to complete her bachelor's degree with 3 kids & trying to be a house wife. It wasn't easy then either.
Any way - I need to get some sleep. That's gotta fit it's way into the list of everything else that MUST fit into a day.
Wishing everyone sunny skies! And a lovely start to summer.
Then she was saying "Oh, but I know I can't live on my own and work full time, and go to school. Of all the things that need to get done - making food, chores, etc I can never do it all and school always is the one I let slip." Which is fine if that's what she's acknowledging about herself.
But I _am_ living on my own, my laundry gets done, I make sure I eat, go to school (an hour each way 2 nights a week), go to work, all the good stuff, plus make time for Father's day, and other socializing & try to e-mail or call my friends at least 1x every two weeks. Maybe sometimes the chores pile up a little. I have a dishwasher full of clean dishes I ignored tonight. I haven't done laundry in a few days, but I have plenty of clean things to wear.
Am I superwoman?
I don't know it just irked me that she seemed to think it was/is so impossible & I think she forgot who she was talking to.
Not that I don't feel sympathetic. I loved living at mom's and knowing at least some aspect of dinner would be taken care of, even if it was just what I needed to cook. Is it impossible? Am I destined to crash and burn?
I'll probably have forgotten about this in a week. Maybe not though. I know I'm kind of crazy to be doing all this, but if not now, when? I can't really afford to not work, and if I don't do school now, when else? I watched my mom go back to school to complete her bachelor's degree with 3 kids & trying to be a house wife. It wasn't easy then either.
Any way - I need to get some sleep. That's gotta fit it's way into the list of everything else that MUST fit into a day.
Wishing everyone sunny skies! And a lovely start to summer.