January 5th 2016

The end is near. I have reached my breaking point! I silently curse everyone as I fold the last article of clothing!! Success! All laundry is done (until the kids and husband get home from school) and for just a minute I feel at peace. Shit!! What has my life come to that I am this excited about finishing laundry??? Now the big dilemma: Do I put it away for everyone? Or do I let it sit in neat piles on the couch and ponder why everyone keeps passing right by it without taking their respective piles? Last week a Kit Kat wrapper sat on the front porch for a whole week before I finally picked it up. Am I the only one in this house who notices these things? I decide to put it all away. In fact I think I will just put all the laundry away for a few weeks to see if anyone notices that they miraculously have clean laundry in their closets. 10 bucks says the 8 year old notices first. He is more observant than my husband or teenage son. Do teenagers notice anything???? ** note to self: I need an entire post to discuss why teenagers are so self absorbed **

I have considered going on strike. I often feel like everything I do around here goes unnoticed. I feel taken for granted, when really a "thanks, Mom" would probably make it all worthwhile. I would like to mention at this point that I am not a stay at home mom. I only say that because if I was a SAHM I would like to think I would be more accepting that these are my duties. But I am a work from home mom. I work a full time (40 hours a week) job from my home office. Because I am home though, I find myself going to break and lunch from my actual job and spending that time doing house work. Lunch time at an office would likely be spent reading while eating or chatting with colleagues. My reality is that I prep dinner. When I take a break I fold laundry. When we have some down time in between calls (yes I work from home in customer service) I dust or  make grocery lists. I have had a hard time seperating the "working from home" and "being home" part.

I do have friends I work with, who I know have similar struggles. We joke often about "going on strike" from household duties. I think my family would think I have gone off the deep end. I am definitely one of those "A place for everything, and everything in it's place" type of person. I know, I know... it is annoying ( and honestly a little exhausting). I HATE clutter. I make all the beds in the morning and make sure the dishes are done before bed, I can't stand open toilets or open shower curtains. Throw pillows should be neatly arranged on furniture and NEVER EVER should there be random items on counter tops or floors. Before you decide to hate me though, I DO have a Monica closet (if you have no idea what this means please go watch Friends ASAP on Netflix!!!) Also my junk drawer is really junky!!

WOW!! Blogging maybe is going to help (I feel way better having gotten all that off my chest). My family may live to see another day ;)