Staying Home Isn’t Boring

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Staying Home Isn't Boring | Cincinnati Moms BlogMy sweet husband recently gifted me a manicure. A glorious morning alone. As I sat my tired body down in my swivel chair at 11am that Monday morning with my bright red nail polish, the nail tech asked if I had the day off work. I replied, “No, I actually stay home with my kids”. He said, “Wow, that must be really boring”. I’m pretty sure my jaw hit the floor. I was completely caught off guard by this random guy’s perception of my “job”. I quickly blubbered, “You’d be surprised, I’m sure”.

When I became a stay at home mom, I wasn’t tricked by how my parents generation portrayed stay at home moms. Remember? Fuzzy robes, soap operas and bonbons. I also wasn’t prepared by how much busier I seemed to be. It is kind of weird to think that yes, I did everything I did before AND I worked. Hats off to you mommas that do it all. At this stage of my kids life (plus my husbands long hours), I couldn’t imagine a full time job on top of everything else.

It has been almost 5 years since I quit my fast paced, 50+ hours a week career in public accounting. The kids’ schedules were getting too full. My husbands’ hours were getting too long. Relying on family to bus the kids to their activities while we both worked long hours wasn’t something we wanted to do. Staying home was the next logical move. The only logical move really.

Over the years, our schedule has gotten fuller than I could have imagined. It may even be described as bursting at the seams. But I’m okay with that. The kids have been able to try out different activities because I have the ability to pick them up pretty much whenever they need. Right now, they’re loving drama, band and basketball. But those activities take time, and a good deal of it!

My mornings are full of making breakfast, making sure they kids get ready for school, and since we live out of the district they attend AND are on different schedules, I make 2 trips across town taking them to school. I drink my coffee on the road.

My days are overflowing with breaking up errands with story time. Puzzles and cleaning. Play-doh and baking. Barbies and laundry. And some days, I squeeze in a workout or run. I never cross everything off my to-do list. But I’m okay with that.

My afternoons and evenings are filled with picking up, dropping off, waiting, and often a second round of picking up. Somehow we fit in homework and dinner. Usually.

We’re definitely busy. My days are full, but so is my heart.

But boring? Never boring.

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