I Wish I Could....

A couple different blogs this week have reminded me I don't need to be Superwoman to be a successful SAHM. You might be spitting out your coffee and sputtering in shock right now: What???? You AREN'T Superwoman????? Seriously???? NO WAY!!!!!

Yeah, I realize most of you have me on a preeeeetty high pedestal. Sadly, I'm about to knock myself off. Whatever that sentence means when you read it out of context.

With

1. a sweet baby who loves my attention,
2. a fixer upper house that wants me also,
3. the daily tasks necessary to keep our abode orderly,
4. yummy foods I must make,
5. sleep I very much need,
6. a hubby I long to see more than a few hours in the evening,
7. that stack of books I pass every once in a while and caress tenderly,
8. plus lots of Community and 30 Rock to be watched,

I feel stretched very thin sometimes. Sadly, Me Time is often the last thing on my list. But seriously, what parent does get enough Me Time? Anyone raising her or his hand out there?

Oh.

No one?

COULD IT BE OUR JOBS AND KIDS ARE SUCKING THE LIFE OUT OF US?????? And oh you amazing working out of the home moms and dads, you are heroic.

Poor us. Poor women. Poor men. Poor humans. Let's have a pity party at my house this weekend!!!! I just need to clean, plan, and prep for it.

So here's a list of everything I DON'T do often. And I'm trying really hard to be okay with this list.

• Sew curtains, mend and alter clothes
• Go for walks or any form of exercise out of my house
• Mop
• Call and chat with my faraway friends and family
• Write in my or C's baby journal
• Play with my puppy dog
• Dust
• Organize all those bags in the guest room and C's closets
• Read magazines
• Fold and put away my laundry in a timely manner
• Do the dishes each night so the bugs won't get to them
• Finish all the projects I start during nap time
• Read all those tabs I have open on my Internet browser
• Remember to eat meals and snacks when C is awake, even if he does wants to grab all my food
• Coupon clipping and ad browsing before grocery shopping
• Work on my house to make it gorgeous

And a trillion other things. I wish I could do it all. I want to do it all. But I can't and I NEED to be okay with that. Over achievers like me struggle with not being able to do everything:)

We took C to a conservatory and he delicately, quietly touched the plants. So sweet:) Much different from the generally intense little guy he is at home.

Vacation

J and I are leaving on May 29 for a Cross Country Driving Vacation of 2009. This is the plan:

1. Friday- Drive 6 hours to Pittsburgh and camp overnight.
2. Saturday- Drive 6 hours to New York and check in to cheap hotel in Brooklyn.
3. Sunday- Sightsee and eat in New York City!!
4. Monday- Enjoy New York City some more, then leave for campground in Connecticut late afternoon.
5. Tuesday- Drive along coast to Portland, Maine.
6. Wednesday- Drive further in to Maine while eating, hiking, whatevering (this part of the trip has not been specifically planned!).
7. Thursday- Explore Maine YET AGAIN.
8. Friday- Drive 10 hours up through Canada toward Michigan. Camp in Canada!!!!!! Yes, we are easily amused and excited about this.
9. Saturday- Finish driving to Michigan. Stop at hotel and pretty ourselves for a friend's wedding. Party out at wedding. Sleep in a real bed at night.
10. Sunday- Drive home from Michigan. I get to sleep in our bed Sunday night but just found out J will be leaving that night for a business/training trip in California! He'll have 2 weeks of adventure but zero nights of sleeping at home.

Rinse and repeat for our much anticipated Cross Country Driving Vacation of 2009.

Last year J started a new job and could not use his vacation days until 6 months of employment was reached. Thus, we could not properly vacation until fall, which was too late because I was back working full time. Our last Vacation of Gigantic Proportions was our honeymoon to Italy in 2007. We fought a lot over the map and about getting used to spending 24 HOURS A DAY in each other's company. That was a bit of a shocker, me not getting used to something fast. It was a fun honeymoon but odd because I'd never been on a vacation with a boy before (especially one who did not worship every word that came from my lovely lips. HOW DARE HE!?!?!?).

All of our mini vacations (3) since said honeymoon have been preparing us for the 2009 trip. We have accomplished over 2 years of practice vacations: not fighting over the map, getting along 90% of the time, fighting but getting over it fast, and loving spending time together. Yay!! Can't wait to spend 2 days in the car talking to J this summer!!!!

Grease and Star Trek

Okay, this post will be all about greasy food and my Trekie husband. And, good news, it is just now getting dark at 6:45!!!!

So today I got LJS (Long John Silvers) coupons in the mail. I know, yuck, gross, grease. But when you want it, you gotta have it. I really do eat very healthy most days. It's just that sometimes, the urge hits and I know I can give in:)

So J. and I went to LJS as soon as he got home and we got free bead necklaces because it is Fat Tuesday!!! SO EXCITING!!! Now we're at home, eating and watching Star Trek, TNG. J. is sitting and ranting about all the inaccuracies and I am just watching. We agreed this will be a yearly tradition, invented this year. Gross, Fat Tuesday will be awful from now on. Not that it was anything before.

Back to TNG....Pain, I feel great pain!!!!