Kathy said around second nap time on September 17, 2007
I’ve been crafting this entry in my head for a day or two. And I still don’t really have an elegant way to deliver it without either sounding like a complete bitch or totally ungrateful or both. The majority of my entries are based on my life, and that usually revolves around my son and my work. Sometimes both in the same post since that is all I can muster up and the world tend to collide on a regular basis.
Sometimes my entries might sound like I’m complaining, or as though I don’t enjoy my life. I’d like to make it crystal clear that I am in no way unhappy. I manage my life. I am not perfection by any stretch of the imagination but I work, I take care of my toddler and I sleep rather soundly. Someone recently suggested to me via this site that I think about using daycare so my sweet toddler wouldn’t have to have tantrums. I’m not going to direct people to that person for a number of reasons, though mostly because its not about what this particular person said. It’s that if there is a chance that I made it seem in some way that I am asking for advice on how to live my life, or looking for guidance in some way by poking fun at being a working mother and what kind of strain that is on me then I need to clear the air on that.
I don’t need advice. It’s just that simple. If I did I would probably put it in the form of a question like on Jeopardy. But I’d make it more fun like the spoofs with Sean Connery and say things like “I’ll take Anal Bum Covers for $400” or say lewd things about doing your mother. My form of complaining about motherhood and being a working mother is to commiserate and make a laugh for myself out of something trivial like a toddler tantrum. He has them. Ever toddler on the face of the earth has them. He doesn’t have them because I am working and don’t have time to give him the proper attention he needs. He has them because he hates it when I put on Goodfellas instead of Hellraiser, or when I take away his porn collection.
My point is… I have no point. I just like hearing myself talk.
from Farm Country, PA
Cocktail: Your Mom
Dude, if you took the Mini’s infant porn away, he’d be PISSED.
from your moms.
And hey, you put on Goodfellas instead of Hellraiser?!?! WTF is wrong with you? Don’t you know it’s time to play?? PINHEAD SAYS SO!!!
from your moms.
I think sometimes people forget that blogs come with creative license.
Also, I’ll take the Penis Mightier for $800, Alex.
from Minnesota
I relly did not mean what I typed out a few days ago in a bad way at all....I have a 15 year old and a 4 year old and if they didnt have school or I didn’t have a part-time job to go to, I would probably be commited to an institution for criminally insane. Not that I don’t like my children, I just enjoy me time.
I really enjoy your site and find most of your post funny and very insightful. I apologize for speaking my mind (which I have a bad habit of doing) and only meant what I typed to be in good faith as a fellow mother.
When you were talking about how your son wanted an apple the way he wanted I kinda laughed to myself because when my daughter asked for her red soup, I made it for her, but it was in the wrong bowl and it wasn’t the right temperature and oh my god the world is comming to an end right here and now in this kitchen!!! I totally was hearing what you were saying.
I did not in any way mean to sound like you were a bitch, or a bad mom, or your son was a bad boy. I was just making a suggestion.
By the way, the Departed would be much more educational.
from Minnesota
Also, Please excuse the poor spelling and language skills.
from your moms.
Maybe you should...get my camera, bitch.
from Clive Owen's Bedroom
Cocktail: Mojito
You are fabulous. Some people concern themselves with things they shouldn’t.
from Minnesota
Brandi, you are right, Kathy is fabulous. I just want it known that I didn’t concern myself, I just made an unwanted suggestion. No problems.
from your moms.
BTW, you neither sounded like a complete bitch or ungrateful. Well done! (You can’t sound ungrateful for unwarranted advice that’s given without it being asked for. It’s against the law of physics, I think.) People who stick their noses into other peoples’ business for no reason should learn their lesson accordingly. Seems like this person probly has. (At least I hope she has...it’s hard to get through to some people, even when they make it seem as though the through has been gotten.)
from West Palm Beach, FL
Cocktail: Champagne Bellini
Just for the record, this post wasn’t solely about what one person said. In fact, the comment wasn’t taken as an insult nor was it hurtful in any way. I know it was a well intentioned comment and the person who made it was just making a suggestion.
My thoughts on this were more about what my posts might portray. I wanted to make it clear that I am not unhappy and was feeling as though I was coming across as needing help.
That air here is clear!
from Orlando, FL
Cocktail: Cabernet Sauvignon; gallons of it.
But if you used daycare, you’d miss all the wonderful daily perks—like puke in your hair. Or projectile vomiting… or something else having to do with barf. You get my drift.
from Minnesota
Gotcha!
Now you can certainly refer to me as Amy...instead of “that person” I don’t have cooties.
Fresh air is cool!
Have a good day, I am off to the gym!
from Minnesota
Or Poop....peee yeeww
from your moms.
I’ll take “Jap AnUS Relations” for $600, please.
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