A Day In The Life Of A Single Mom
Day to day life for me is pretty hectic, and I know all of the single moms and dads can relate to this with a smile:
Every day starts off the same the alarm goes off you smack the snooze a few times, then you realize its not Saturday and you have to get up. So you throw off the covers Jump out of bed, walk towards the kitchen because you need coffee before you can see. Then on the way to the shower you wake up the kids, It would be so much easier if you were by yourself, but when you have kids you multiply hectic by the number of kids you have.
Ok now if you have a child like my daughter who is hell to wake up in the morning especially on school days, during the weekend she is up at crack of dawn. Now we have a new kitten (8 weeks old) when I open her door to wake her up he jumps at me and starts chasing my feet, biting and scratching ouch!!!! Ok so now everyone is up including the damn cat (who by the way is like having a 2 yr old all over again) I jump in the shower, while my daughter (who is 10) makes her lunch, feeds the cat and makes her own breakfast then sits down to watch sponge bob (dumb show). Im so glad that her school wears uniforms otherwise she would never get dressed its like a fashion show on non school days. Ok so shower is done im getting dressed, doing hair makeup etc..and I am thanking god I am not a High maitenance woman, I can accomplish everything in 20 min flat 15 if im rushed We are up at 7:45 and out the door by 8:30.
After I drop my daughter off at school I head off to the nearest Tim Hortons to get my morning transfusion of caffine and off to the office for another day of work.
My Job is very interesting I work with two greek men and 1 italian who thinks he is French, so this makes the day very interesting.
After the work day is done its time to go home and back to your real job which is looking after your kids all us single parents know that working is like having a holiday.
As I walk down the hallway to my apt the stress starts to build because you know whats coming next when you walk in the house, you take a deep breath and open the door..
When the door opens it is a free for all, the cat comes flying around the corner to once again chew on my feet or climb my leg, my daughter comes running out to show me the 50 million fucking sheets of paper I have to sign for the next day. Your trying to get your shoes off but its not working cause the Im hungry gets thrown in there too. So you go over to the fridge figure out what your going to cook and throw it in the oven. Food is in the oven and you try to quietly make it back to the door to take off your shoes and coat, no such luck here comes my daughter again with a whole crap of other papers for me to read..ok this is getting bad I have been home 15 min still have shoes and coat on, so Im looking at the door to my bedroom as she is talking a million miles a min about everything she did today. I decide to make a dive for the door cause I know once inside im safe for about 5 min she knows when my door is shut u better not knock unless you are bleeding to death or you have limbs hanging off. I dive for the door shut it real quick and ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh peace at last just enough time to take off the shoes and coat and get changed into something more comfy.
Ok 5 min is up and you have to go back out, you open the door and she is waiting patiently to show homework and tell you what she needs help with..Ok this is where it gets interesting since she is in French immersion and I cannot speak a lot of French so she must translate before I can help her (haha this pisses her off a lot).
Its now 6:30 I have been home for an hour and a half, homework is complete, all the fucking papers are signed for school, cheq is written for daycare and lunch program, dinner is on the table and its silent again for all of 20 min while she eats. This is where I sneak in checking my emails on the computer. So now dinner is done (check) emails checked, my daughter is doing dishes and im picking up after the morning rush thru the house. After everything is done and its going on 8 of course this is when all the kids tell you that they have to have something for school the next day, and of course its always right before bed and after all the stores are closed( now I know all you parents out there are nodding your head in agreeance) I swear to god they do this just to test you to see if you can actually pull it off and pull a rabbit out of a hat.(grrrrrrrrrr) After that problem gets solved and its usually by saying oh well now you have to wait until morning and I have to wake you up earlier so we can go out and buy it (hahaha this is where payback comes in since she hates getting up early) that is when the groan comes out. Now its 9 pm and all you want to do is sit down and relax, of course the kids come out of the room 50 million times for a glass of water, bathroom etc, whatever it takes to get out of going to bed. Then the last time she comes out of her room its for a doosey, she forgot to tell me that her school uniform is dirty and requires cleaning tonight!!! I swear to god im going to scream now, its amazing how more parents are not commited to institutions. They always say whatever you gave to your parents your kids will give it back to you 3x as bad, well hell I can’t remember being that bad to my parents (grin). So guess who has to do laundry at 9:30 at night. By the time I run up and down the stairs atleast 4x to do the laundry I think oh well atleast I dont have to work out tonight (hehe).
Its midnight and you finally crawl into bed, oh but wait, here comes the fucking cat who is watching and waiting for you to move so he can pounce on you. The little shit head actually got under my blankets one night while I was sleeping and I must of moved during the night cause I woke up real fast and in major pain to find that the cat had sunk his claws into my kitty (since I sleep in the nude). Omg talk about not making any sudden moves. I had to literally remove his claws(lets just say he is getting declawed and de nutted as soon as he is old enough). And guess what happens after you go to sleep??? You wake up and get to do the same shit all over again the next day!!!!!!!!!!!!
Now you know why I can’t wait for my summer holidays to begin..
WOOO HOOO 1 MORE SLEEP!!!!!!!!!