Coffee. That’s my first thought almost every morning when I role, fall or throw myself off my comfy bed to start my ritual of a complex and crazy life.. Mom/Wife/Working Girl/House Manager/ Maid and any other job that needs doing.. That’s me! The funny thing is I do all of this and more and people still refer to me as a Stay at home mom. I’d love to see half of them juggle what I do.
Most mornings I wake up, I get to my coffee and ahhhhh!!!! My day is in full swing by 6:30. Brush my teeth, Make lunch, get my son ready for school while I give the other his bottle, see my husband off to work with his coffee, iron the uniforms, bathe the kids and then one goes to school and it’s me and the little one. Put him back to nap at 10 and start my office work. Somewhere in between I manage to do the laundry and clean the house and take a bath. My cycle never takes a break. It goes straight through to working, lunch, homework, karate, dinner and finally bedtime. I live for the moment when I can place my foot on my hubby for him to give me a massage. That’s the good thing about being married to your soul mate. He’s always there to bring me down from my tailspin and warm me right up. In between the kids, diaper changes, laundry, house bills, and a million other things my husband and I have found the right amount of love, humor and friendship to guide us through life.
Is it hard? Sure it is. I work from home.. That’s a tricky thing to do with an infant plus I recently opened up my own online business with my husband. We’re juggling all sorts of things every day. I think the key to a good marriage is being honest and working towards the same goals. But of course all relationships hit their highs and lows. But we manage.
As for me of course being present in all these roles can command more than I have sometimes. It’s certainly not like the women in Desperate Housewives portrayed it. I certainly did not get time to iron my linen suit or put on a fully made up face and comb my hair into a neatly styled French braid this morning or any morning for that fact. Some mornings I barely have time to shower and throw on clean underwear. I’ve always wondered why women are portrayed like that on television.
I mean really? Ever wonder why we never wake up looking like the perfect women that wake up on television with their makeup already done and hair perfectly in place? No drool at the side of their mouth or eye crusties stuck to their lashes? We don’t wake up like this because it’s not real!!! No woman looks that good in the morning! No man either, by the way! I’ve embraced my thirties, and all that goes along with it. The wrinkles, the middle section, the cellulite and even crow’s feet. I love my husband and my kids but there are certain things that I will not allow myself to embrace. Being a frump is one of them.
I think women are forgetting how to empower themselves, and how to really embrace their true beauty. Money is not as easy as it was once upon a time. I live in the Caribbean where everything is so expensive. Jobs don’t pay that well and maintaining kids and a home can break the piggy bank most days. But I live on a budget, I work hard and I like to keep myself looking the part of the woman I think I am. Many of us don’t think we’re as sexy as we were in our 20’s right? But that doesn’t mean we need to give up. There’s got to be a line between Angela Lansbury and Angelina Jolie! I try to find it whenever I can. Being a stay at home mom does not mean I need to stay in my nightgown all day with curlers in my hair!
I need my beauty therapy and I do it all myself.. from my 5 minute pedicures to my own dye jobs! A woman who knows how to take care of herself can take care of the world!
Most mornings I wake up, I get to my coffee and ahhhhh!!!! My day is in full swing by 6:30. Brush my teeth, Make lunch, get my son ready for school while I give the other his bottle, see my husband off to work with his coffee, iron the uniforms, bathe the kids and then one goes to school and it’s me and the little one. Put him back to nap at 10 and start my office work. Somewhere in between I manage to do the laundry and clean the house and take a bath. My cycle never takes a break. It goes straight through to working, lunch, homework, karate, dinner and finally bedtime. I live for the moment when I can place my foot on my hubby for him to give me a massage. That’s the good thing about being married to your soul mate. He’s always there to bring me down from my tailspin and warm me right up. In between the kids, diaper changes, laundry, house bills, and a million other things my husband and I have found the right amount of love, humor and friendship to guide us through life.
Is it hard? Sure it is. I work from home.. That’s a tricky thing to do with an infant plus I recently opened up my own online business with my husband. We’re juggling all sorts of things every day. I think the key to a good marriage is being honest and working towards the same goals. But of course all relationships hit their highs and lows. But we manage.
As for me of course being present in all these roles can command more than I have sometimes. It’s certainly not like the women in Desperate Housewives portrayed it. I certainly did not get time to iron my linen suit or put on a fully made up face and comb my hair into a neatly styled French braid this morning or any morning for that fact. Some mornings I barely have time to shower and throw on clean underwear. I’ve always wondered why women are portrayed like that on television.
I mean really? Ever wonder why we never wake up looking like the perfect women that wake up on television with their makeup already done and hair perfectly in place? No drool at the side of their mouth or eye crusties stuck to their lashes? We don’t wake up like this because it’s not real!!! No woman looks that good in the morning! No man either, by the way! I’ve embraced my thirties, and all that goes along with it. The wrinkles, the middle section, the cellulite and even crow’s feet. I love my husband and my kids but there are certain things that I will not allow myself to embrace. Being a frump is one of them.
I think women are forgetting how to empower themselves, and how to really embrace their true beauty. Money is not as easy as it was once upon a time. I live in the Caribbean where everything is so expensive. Jobs don’t pay that well and maintaining kids and a home can break the piggy bank most days. But I live on a budget, I work hard and I like to keep myself looking the part of the woman I think I am. Many of us don’t think we’re as sexy as we were in our 20’s right? But that doesn’t mean we need to give up. There’s got to be a line between Angela Lansbury and Angelina Jolie! I try to find it whenever I can. Being a stay at home mom does not mean I need to stay in my nightgown all day with curlers in my hair!
I need my beauty therapy and I do it all myself.. from my 5 minute pedicures to my own dye jobs! A woman who knows how to take care of herself can take care of the world!
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