(Make sure and read my updated post below.)
I'm sitting here, unshowered, still in my workout clothes, not doing any housework. Feeling guilty because my mother's helper is here, and I'm insecure enough to be worried about what she's thinking about me playing on the computer while she's taking care of my kids. HELLO?? Why do I need to worry about this? I'm paying her $20 to watch my kids for four hours and I care if she thinks I'm being lazy? What is that???
It's been a stressful, exhausting, confusing few days, and darn if I'm going to do housework because I'm afraid an 11-year-old thinks I should. And I'm probably being paranoid anyway.
I'm sitting here, unshowered, still in my workout clothes, not doing any housework. Feeling guilty because my mother's helper is here, and I'm insecure enough to be worried about what she's thinking about me playing on the computer while she's taking care of my kids. HELLO?? Why do I need to worry about this? I'm paying her $20 to watch my kids for four hours and I care if she thinks I'm being lazy? What is that???
It's been a stressful, exhausting, confusing few days, and darn if I'm going to do housework because I'm afraid an 11-year-old thinks I should. And I'm probably being paranoid anyway.
posted by Andrea | 10:53 AM
5 Comments:
Oh honey, just enjoy it. Have fun. Don't feel guilty.
I want a mother's helper!!
Hey, mother's helper is 11. She doesn't keep track of what you're doing. Probably if I asked her today what you did, she wouldn't know. But she'd know what she and the girls did... :)
I love days when I decide not to care about housework. It's liberating and energizing. And I love not showering. It makes me feel whole again.
I know exactly where your coming from on the mother's helper. I always feel nervous around my babysitter--though usually I validate the messy house/work-out clothes etc. with the "I've been just so busy this week..." line.
Since I got sick I've had a housekeeper come once a month. It helps me out tremendously, but I feel so guilty when she comes -- and I'm sitting at my computer while she's scrubbing my floor! We women need to just be okay sometimes and accept the help. But it is hard, isn't it?
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