Hey there folks,
Let me start off by saying that I feel Rubbish (with a capital 'R')!! For the past week or so I've been fighting off a tummy bug and sinusitis (which I get every week or so) and that wouldn't be so bad except for the fact that I have also picked up a chest infection along the way, add them all together and it equals to one very unhappy Mummy. The thing is (as other mummy will know) there's no such thing as a sick day when you have children and a household to run.
Now that the munchkins are back at school you would think that things would be a little less chaotic, but, once they've been dropped off at school Super Mum mode kicks in and it's time for a cleaning marathon! Don't get me wrong it's not like my house is a huge, dirty mess, but as most of you will know as soon as you have children your house becomes filled with things you probably don't even need and keeping a tidy house becomes a near impossibility and a full time job. You might think (as I did) that once your children get older then your 'job' will get easier and they will start picking up after themselves, but that seems to be another common misconception, a way to keep mothers hopeful that one day the constant cleaning will come to an end (at least thats the case with my children anyway.) So I spend my time tidying, hoovering, washing, folding and ironing hoping that I get it all done in time to pick the children up from school and start working again with after school activities, teas to cook and bed time routines to start. So when I'm ill on top of the daily pain and exhaustion of fibromyalgia stressful doesn't even cover it.
Its funny though, I genuinely thought that pregnancy brain was something that went away after you had the baby, but here I am 10 years later still suffering from those embarrassing times when my brain just checks out on me and I'm left looking like Homer Simpson having multiple "Doh" moments a day. There have been so many times where I've forgotten where I put things (my keys are always wandering off on their own) or put random things in the fridge and don't even get me started on the number of times I've put things in a "safe" place and then forgotten where "safe" was lol. In fact just in the course of writing this blog post I have put down my cup of tea and phone and can i heck as like remember where, I guess I'll be ringing myself (again) and hoping that I put them in the same place lol. Yesterday however was really up there as one of my more embarrassing forgetful moments. I had been messaging back and forth with my nail technician about when my next appointment was right up until Tuesday evening, I even managed to arrange picking up my nephew instead of them dropping him off so that I wouldn't need to take him with me (I look after him and my niece a few days a week). So I got to my appointment early for the first time ever and I walked up to the door really pleased with myself for not being late (which is normally a guarantee), and the door swings open and there is my nail technician looking lovely with a head full of foil. I'd only gone and got my days mixed up and turned up a week early while she was getting her hair done. I was more than a little embarrassed to say the least but it wasn't the first time and I'm sure it won't be the last so I shook it off and I'll be back there again next week hopefully on time and maybe a little red faced. Now obviously I need something to blame my apparent goldfish memory so I'm blaming it on permanent pregnancy brain (thats my story and I'm sticking to it). Although memory issues seem to run in the family since this morning I gave my son a letter to take into school, (bearing in mind I gave it to him in his hand while he had his bag open and in front of him) and he still managed to forget it. I guess the apple truly doesn't fall far from the tree lol. Anyway on that note I had better get going and put on another load of washing (a never ending task if ever there was one) thanks for stopping by and reading/listening to my random ramblings and Ill be back soon (my glossy box has just arrived so be prepared for the next Birchbox vs Glossybox segment).
Alice xoxo
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