TGIFF!
Thank God it’s F*cking Friday!
Why am I excited that it’s Friday?
Although I work from home, it’s still work! Yes I’m grateful to work in the comfort of my home but juggling kids, home and work all at once can be daunting.
For some Friday fun, here’s a quick day in my life of a work-at-home mom in numbers:
Number of words I swore in my head because I had to wake up at 5am: 3 (F*ck, mother-f*cker and f*ck this
Number of extreme sports I witnessed: 5 (including The Destroyer doing somersaults off the couch; The Boss running and sliding on knees to see how far he could go; both jumping off the bed.)
Number of times I had to re-heat my damn coffee: 3
Number of bums I had to wipe: 2
Number of emails in my inbox: 132
Number of times I said “STOP IT!”: 15
Wrestling moves I observed: 7 (including The Boss jumping on top the Destroyer; the Destroyer puts the Boss in a tight headlock; both kicking each other simultaneously)
Number of Tweets I wrote: 75
Top stories of the day: 1
(Demi Lovato in rehab… who is she?)
Number of times I wish I had vodka in the house: 3
Number of articles/posts written: 7
Number of coffees I had before 7am: 2
Kilometers driven: 15
Number of times I had to get up while eating lunch: 3
Time spent in the kitchen cooking and/or cleaning: 4 hours
Number of timeouts: 2
Number of threats for timeouts: 6
Number of times I had to break up a fight: 12
Number of things checked off my to-do list: 7
Time I had for myself: 0
Number of times I kissed my boys: 22 each
Number of times I heard Mommy today: 148
Number of times I heard “I love you mommy” today: 12
8 Comments
Thank you so much- this post truly put a smile back on my face after a very long day. How many times I thanked someone today-1 “YOU” 🙂
Thank you! Glad to make you smile 🙂
I love this post, I can probaly duplicate this, just put my name on it. No I will not copy you awesome post. It is a challenge to work from home, no matter what you do.Time you get to your self is exactly : 0 And then my hubby tells me oh, I wish i could stay home with the kids. Well guess what?! he gets to eat lunch with out interruption!!!! Really…How is that fair? Though I would not change anything….
Thanks Tunde!
What a great day! Thanks for writing this. It certainly illustrates a lot! My, you are efficient!
LOLOLOLOL SO GREAT! Love it (and can totalllllly relate)
I can SOOOO relate to this – being a mumpreneur myself with 3 boys, a husband and step father to contend with on a daily basis, I think my story is fairly similar! I’m going to do a count myself… Hilarious!
Pingback: Parent Club Profiles | Maria Lianos-Carbone