SAHMotherhood: the work/play blurr...arrrggghhh!
I've been wanting to do this thread for ages.
How do other SAHM's cope with the imprecise defining of work/play/rest... for YOURSELF? For me it always seems all mixed up. I try to do some work, say, peg the clothes on the line, but my boys beg me to sit near the sandpit and play with them or else they'll throw pegs etc to get my attention... so sometimes I do... then I try to get back into the swing of work... but I have to stop to sort an argument... then I work a bit more... need a rest... oh might as well have a look at BB (play)... but no, boys are hungry, better make a meal (work)... ok I'll sit down too and have something to eat... whoops had better run that errand (work) .... there's a nice park (play).... ok, home now to see daddy, better do a quick tidy up (work)... "Hi darl, how was you day?" (try to slow down to chat/play?)... watch DH playing with the boys (oh I wish my routine was so defined! He knows he has left work and may now play)... I go make dinner....
The evening is meant to be a transition from working to resting and playing but often it is interrupted to work (Mum I need help with my assignment!)... the weekend for your average office worker is a combination of rest and play... but for the SAHM it's work as usual.... trying to grab moments of play rather than knowing exactly when to expect them.
I heard someone say the other day.... "yeah, he works hard and plays hard". I feel like I can do neither. It's all mixed up. I can't get any momentum doing either... I don't feel as if I am getting enough of either done. I am always trying to work and or play but constantly interrupted while trying to do both. Am I the only one????