Motherhood really does remind me of Charles Dickens famous lines ” It was the best of times, it was the worst of times”.
After a long week at work I am finally on my day off, today is mummy daughter day, and we get to hang out together.
Unfortunately like many of our days off together we have to run around town doing errands. The doctors, the pharmacy, the shopping, the bakery. Whilst we do manage to try and have some fun together, some days, these simple chores turn into a full blown battle to get a few simple tasks accomplished in a reasonable amount of time, whilst still amusing an excited and energy filled toddler.
Today was one of those days. Today the little princess had no intention of sitting peacefully in the trolley people watching. No today she wanted to stand in the trolley. Climb down my leg and run in the opposite direction to the trolley. Grab dozens of packets of biscuits off the shelf and throw them into the trolley, and then help speed up the process by pushing the trolley at a speed of two metres an hour.
After this hour of fun, we then had the battle of paying for the groceries, picking up the script and getting the food into the car without getting the baby killed.
By the time I got home I was exhausted, and there were still bags to get in, nappies to be changed, cold food to be packed away and lunch to be made with the mid day nap time inching ever closer and her happy go lucky nature going down hill fast.
After a near miss with a grab and projectiled dirty nappy, a battle over today’s dose of antibiotics and a unconvincing game of let’s each lunch, I finally exhaustingly decided to give it all a miss, put her to bed with liquid yoghurt as a reasonable excuse for lunch and try to have a hot cup of tea for once.
As I sit down at my laptop and sip my warm tea and eat my apple teacake (yes my idea of a quick and healthy lunch) I physically and emotionally feel like my soul has been ripped out, dragged behind a bus and shoved roughly back into my tired and weary body.
I will get an hour or so to wind down, before the afternoon play time begins. Motherhood is fun but so exhausting.
Mmmm what was that? Did I hear a mummy coming from the other room. Oh well no more down time for me today. It is off to get my baby so the afternoon’s games can begin………








