set aside the me time!

"I love my Mummy"...Yup, that's what the Halloween shirt my little man is sporting today, and boy does he look handsome!! He's currently playing on my way-out-of-tune guitar as I'm writing this, but I'm ok with that...at least the guitar is getting some use from someone!!

Where are my twin girls? Currently they are having "computer time" so that mom can have her "computer time"! I love Tuesdays! No school today for the girls which means we can all stay in our jammies all day if we wanted to.

As for tonight, this week is "hell week" for the big American Opera Studio Halloween performance I'm in this Friday night, which means I'll be spending 6pm-10pm in a stuffy theater sweating my but off under the bright lights of rehearsal for the next 4 days. Don't get me wrong, I love this sort of thing but boy it takes a lot out of me(it's more of a love-hate relationship us performers have regarding the theater)! Not to mention, I don't get to put my kids to bed and snuggle while reading them a bedtime story. It makes me sad, but it's the price I have to pay if I want to pursue a passion I have and refuse to give up because I'm "a mom" now.

These are the things I struggle with; I want to be there for my kids (even if it is the little things), but I also want to enjoy doing what I love so I don't feel so incomplete and sheltered from a world I enjoy being apart of. Call it selfish, but us mom's NEED to be a little selfish once and a while and take care of our OWN needs so that we can happily attend to our children's with any resentment or regret.

So lets keep on setting aside the "me time" for us moms and pamper ourselves. We'll be more refreshed, relaxed and happier after doing it which will trickle down when caring for our children. And with less stress mom is not pulling her hair out and screaming at the kids because they forgot to put their shoes away. Our kids will definitely thank us for it in the long run!!

first blog ever...

I must be crazy to think I can actually start blogging. With 3 kids vying for my time it seems an impossibility to add anything else to my to-do list. As I was typing this, my son thought it would be fun to click on the mouse a few times which resulted in clearing my entire post before I actually "posted' it. So here I am....10 mins later and all I have to show for this post is 4 sentences. Lord have mercy. (5 sentences)