Why did I think I didn't have time?

One of the most remarkable changes you'll experience as a first time mom, is the time you have left to do things. I really don't know how in the world, I thought I had the right to complain about not having time before I had a child. I almost would like to time travel and smack myself for even uttering those words. You know who doesn't have time? Moms. Any Mom. Any Mom at any point in the day, does not have time.

If my experience is typical--and it sort of is, from what I can tell--if you think about all the things we, working Moms, have to juggle in a day, it will almost make your head explode.

In the morning, there's cleaning the child, dressing the child and feeding the child. Multiply those activities by the number of children in the household and you will see the level of efficiency required. Then there's clean self, dress self and feed self. (Ahem--we tend to skip that don't we, Ladies?) Followed by the making of lunches, the waking up of husbands and the general herding of everyone out the door while keeping on time.

Then, there's work an 8 hour day and try very hard to not appear sleep deprived and always sound chipper. Because God forbid a woman is crabby at all at work. If she is, then there's a whole list of things whispered about her by both men AND women. (Shame on you, Ladies. Some of the men, just don't know any better.)

After that, there's the mad dash for dinner making, house cleaning/straightening and story listening. Children tend to want to tell stories and well they should. Followed by husband greeting and family feeding and dish cleaning. Which is often shortly followed by the child prepping for bed and eventual sleeping.

And when that's all done, there's the typical list making of what to accomplish to keep the household running the next day. This list can include but is not limited to: grocery shopping, bill paying, post office runs, bank runs, and appointment scheduling.

And finally, we go to bed. Until the wee hours in the morning when the child wakes us up. Now, why did I think I didn't have time before I had a child?