GRRRRRRRR!! sorry need a rant! i've been sitting quietly fuming for the whole weekend by some peoples total lack of understanding! Feel free to switch off and pass down to the end of the post where there is some non-ranty bits
So....... Friday pm, next door neighbour had an ann summers party- i went along as we are good friends etc etc- they know i need to be sitting somewhere comfy incase i doze off etc etc etc! So party bit over, some of us sitting in the lounge... another weird neighbour asks if anyone needs anything from toys-r-us as she is going down there in a few weeks, a few of us comment that we have finished our christmas shopping- all done and dusted so no we didn't need anything, she then pipes up "God, you lot have too much time on your hands... you should spend the day in my house!"
Right, so this needs some explanation, she is a sahm as is partner (don't get me started on that one- no disabilities, illness etc, mainly sheer laziness!) they have 4 kids, 11, 5, 3 and 18months, older three are at school all day (yes they pay to have 3yo at nursery all day 3x per week) so in reality all she has to do the majority of the time is watch an 18month old- her dh takes and collects the kids from school, does the shopping and helps tidy the strangly immaculate house. She is often found watching jeremy kyle with a cuppa How the bleeding hell does she figure that she doesn't have as much time as us?
So, that one was stored in the back of my mind and forgotten for time being and the conversation moved onto a friends dd's birthday in march- for which i have been asked to make the cake. THE SAME neighbour then turned round and said "Jesus- keeping you on your toes aren't they, mind you someone needs to its not like you do anything anymore"
So obviously i am a useless scrounging cowbag who sits on my arse all day every day (when in fact the reality is that i have to be up in the morning by 6.30, feed clothe and walk 4 kids up to the school with dd strapped to my back, get home, clean, tidy, cook, REST!!!!, look after dd, then get back up to pick them up, entertain them for the eternity time until dh returns from wherever he has been working, feed them, bath them, get them to bed before finally curling up on the sofa for a sleep and then the important job of an hours mn-ing )
SOME BLARDY PEOPLE!
Anyway- i'm sure i lost a few people along the way there but it is very cathartic to write it all down.
Well done to cakes' dd- lots of line learning going on i take it I have a marching band member, a reindeer, an elf, an elephant and a frigging butterfly to deal with at the moment- and they all take their parts very loudly seriously!
MAS- be easy on yourself, it'll happen, the more you push the more disallusioned you'll get and it won't be fun anymore!
Hurri- hope all is well.