to busy and hot in texas

You sometimes see a woman who would have made a Joan of Arc in another century and climate, threshing herself to pieces over all the mean worry of housekeeping.  ~Rudyard Kipling

Is it possible to manage it all?  I feel overwhelmed in a sea of dirty dishes, neglected flower beds, ever growing piles of laundry, and trying to find time in the studio.  Aaaakk.   As a stay at homer, I go to my job and try to keep up like everyone else.  It’s just that my commute is shorter. I feel as if I must manage it all in order to not let my family down, but right now I’m barely treading water. Anyone who says being a stay at home parent is easy and not as hard as going to work obviously hasn’t done it before.  I am absolutely and (literally) udderly exhausted.  BFS asked me what I needed today.  I do believe he could see through my bravado and saw that I was on the verge of a melt down and wanted to help.  Honestly, I couldn’t tell him what I needed.  How about 10 more hours in the day!?  Oh wait… I still want to have time to paint and take care of Wenderflonia Business too…..make it 15 extra hours…….And you know what?  I wouldn’t trade it for anything in the world!

On a whiny note, what I really want is this heat to be gone already.  I don’t think I have looked forward to fall so much in my life. 106 yesterday and 104 today! It has been in the 100’s for weeks…ugh. It stays at a constant 82 in the house and that is with the air conditioner running full blast 24/7. Running errands is miserable when you are having to get into a 120 degree car afterward.  We even let the car run with the air conditioner on for 15 minutes before we needed to leave and the car was still a little too hot for the baby. I would love to take Jude to the neighborhood pool to cool off but there is no shade. Waaahhh…..ok ok I’m done whining now.

Peace and love my friends

Wenders