Balancing act...


Every mother has a flaw.  We are overzealous in our attempts to take on and master every single thing in our lives.  The problem we have is compounded by the fact that we don't know how to ask for help.  Do we do that so we can make everyone around us feel guilty because the can't read our minds? (guilty) Or do we do it because we don't trust anyone else to do it like we do? (also guilty)
This week I'm on a mission to clean up after an 'experiment' in my house.  I left the laundry undone.  My husband made a gallant effort to wash and dry and fold but it never got put away.  I have to give him some credit.  But he left the suckiest part of laundry to ME.  I've also begun to leave dishes in the sink, shoes on the floor and stopped cooking (which is probably a relief to the rest of the family).  I didn't go on strike per se, I just got LAZY.  Look, I work fulltime, I'm a mother, a wife, I'm involved in charities, my daughter's school board, I'm in school studying law....I got too much on my plate.  I'm not saying it isn't my fault I bit off more than I can chew.  But I can't help feeling the slightest bit of resentment toward the rest of the humans in this house for not stepping up.  So I just got lazy.  Surprisingly they all stepped up.  Imagine that.  It may have had something to do with no clean towels or underwear but they still stepped up so props to my people.
Have you ever gone on strike in your house?  Have you ever thrown a temper tantrum at your kids because they don't put the Tupperware into the Tupperware holder?  Have you ever gotten angry because people drop their crap in the entry way and never put it where it belongs (which is out of my sight)?  I would like to hear from you.  Perhaps we can all supply each other with the strength and fortitude to be better moms and wives/partners and to get through life without wanting to take a Xanax.

I look forward to your responses...

Crazy like the rest of you,

Lia