I can't help but really wonder about the very thought of a real one as I sit here typing this blog. In the background, my ten month old son screams loud that my ears ring and, almost simultaneouly, I hear a crash in my six year old daughter's room. The scream is his newest "trick" that he learned from his two older sisters several weeks ago on our eighteen hour drive back from our family lakehouse in Wisconsin and as to the crash, well, I'm going to have to run down the hall really quick to investigate.
I can't help but try and find the hysterical irony in the fact that my husband, who lives in the same house as me, does not see being a mommy as a job. Now, when I say this, I think that all other mommies out there are nodding in agreement and that it's not me singling out my my poor ignorant husband. It seems to be quite the universal thought among daddies and husbands. If you're not married, please place this observation somewhere in the depths of your mind so that you will not be shocked when your boyfriend of 5 years and fiance of 1, quickly adopts this theory once you are married and have little tots of your own. The scary part of this is that the change in their opinion at this point is merely instinct. Yes. Instinct. Crazy, isn't it?!
Recently, after being upset with my husband with his being a "full-time mommy-doesn't-mean- its-a-real-job-and-you deserve-a-day-off?!" attitude I thought about what I'd write on in a wanted ad to replace me. Here's what I came up with:
Position: Homemaker-Chief Executive officer
Description: Multi-tasker in high volume facility. Personal chef, housekeeper, tutor, librarian, accountant, personal planner, nanny, engineer, landscaper, chauffer.
That's TEN positions in one! I can't help but be delighted of the thought of sharing this with my husband. If you're a mommy or wife, what would you put in your ad?
