Filling in for the working mom

As someone who can't type very good I am going to give it my best shot so bear with me for mistakes and such. Today is the second day this week that Sam is staying home due to a head cold. Rarely does she ever sleep past 7:00am and it is 7:45am and counting. When Sam stays home my little routine is thrown out of whack a little. I can't go outside for any length of time fearing that she will get into the wood stove while I'm away. As in past posts this is a validated fear. Even taking kitchen scraps to the compost can be challenging. Sam has been turning into a real daddy's girl lately. For the longest time she wanted nothing to do with me. Now when her mom comes home from work all you tend to hear is "mom,the door". She isn't being mean even though it comes across that way. It's just that I am the one at home now and Sam has switched to me for being the one she relates to the most. When I would be working or when both of us were at home Vick was always the chosen one as far as Sam was concerned. So obviously she is siding with whomever is the stay at home mom. Not a job I signed up for but at least she is interacting with me now. For quite awhile I felt like she would never warm up to me even though I knew deep down that she has loved all of us all along. Oops got to call the school and let them know Sam is staying home. I'm back. The monster has woke up. Yea! Her bed is dry! I always thought my wife was overreacting to alot of things that I'm finding out are not overreactions. Laundry is one of those things I felt didn't require merit. How did I ever come up with that conclusion! ALL DAY LONG! Not to mention trying to fold which I'm terrible at. I do try but it probably isn't up to specs with my wife. At least she doesn't complain about my lack of ability to fold clothes. Doing the cooking and dishes are old hat for me. I did enough of it at our place in Alaska that I could do it in my sleep. I really don't mind making dinner but coming up with a menu in this house can be challenging. I just try to think of it as a dinner ticket with 3 different dinners to prepare. Sam only likes certain things so I try to make a surplus of those things and just reheat when she is hungry. Oh I forgot she likes her food cold. No reheating. Miranda is the most challenging because I forget she is a vegetarian. Is she really my kid? Come on now, a vegetarian! She likes her lifestyle and if it's good with her it's good for me. As far as Vick and I you can throw just about anything on a plate and it will be good enough. I think the hardest thing for me at home is not being able to deal with the clutter. If I had it my way I would get rid of alot of things that would probably end me up in divorce if I did. I have come to realize that you don't throw anything away that has text on it unless you have cleared it through my better half first. Junk mail is okay but keep your hands off the rest. I will spare you all the details so you will have to just trust me on this one. Sam is wanting my laptop for her use so I am going to end my post here. If you don't mind I would like to give this a go on those days that my wife takes off. Her schedule is more hectic now and a little relief from blogging every day will really help her out. Let us know how you feel about that and hopefully you will read my stories in the future. Oh, by the way, how many curse words were there? I guess I'm only foul-mouthed when speaking!

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[Acai Optimum]

very informational... educative as well, i read and felt like reading over and over again....good job!