Another Crazy Day! (Vent)

Some days headphones aren't enough to block out the chaos that goes on in this house when all the kids are home. Today for them was a free day off due to Hurricane Sandy that didn't even really hit our are in a way that would warrant school being closed. I want to smash their heads together when all they do all day is argue. I haven't felt good from the start today so that hasn't helped my mood any. There are days when the constant cycle of dishes, laundry and picking up everyone else's shit wears on me. To put it bluntly, I get sick of it. I've been doing it just about every day since I had my first child and I'm telling you what 12 years of the same shit different day really gets old. What can you do though, keep on keeping on, and make the best of it. I've been trying to get out some. I go to the gym 3 days a week (not this week due to weather and feeling awful), and I work at the gym once a week. That helps some. 

I get tired of listening to the constant whining. My least favorite whine currently is that there is nothing to eat. Seriously? these are some of the laziest kids ever! Warming up leftovers is too hard, and making their own sandwich might as well be asking them to make dinner for the whole family. So I've been cooking, and really finding something to make sometimes is a challenge, but it is absolutely doable. The problem I'm convinced is the lack of "easy" foods, the ones you can just put in the microwave and eat. They are expensive so we are buying things that require some prep before it can be consumed. The kids will either learn to fix something or lose a little weight cause they go without sometimes, because I don't always have time to cook. 

Baby is sick right now. Kaylee sick requires a whole different set of patience skills that some days I don't have. Today was alright, but I don't make any promises for tomorrow. 

I've done the dishes AGAIN, cleaned the kitchen AGAIN and made sure everyone has had a good meal. I try and cook at least once a day, but most days it's twice unless there is a ton of leftovers. I hate wasting food. I can't see the point of making something else when there is a fridge full of stuff to eat. It always seems that even though there is food it's all food that no one feels like eating. I long for simpler times, though I know they are years away I know they are in my future, making a meal for only 4 instead of six, 1 or 2 dogs instead of 3, will be easier. 

One day I hope everyone realizes how much I did for them when they were growing up. I guess if they don't, they don't, but some acknowledgment would be nice every once and awhile. Back to school for them tomorrow, and back to the gym for me. Hopefully it will help me break out of this funk I seem to be in.