- What am I going to do with my life? Last year, I worked for 4 months as a substitute teacher and realized I do not want to do that for a living. I think I would enjoy being a tutor, but I can't do that while the kids are at school, because no one can come see a tutor during school hours.
- I am sick and tired of trying to get dressed in the morning. Who was the idiot who decided that shirts should be skin tight, even when you buy size XL?! And pants - why can't they come to my belly button like they used to? Why do they have to sit right at my hipbones? Don't fashion designers realize that only 1% of the population looks good when they're wearing tight shirts and pants that aren't helping to hold the belly in?!
- And why did having my third baby ruin my body? I was able to bounce back into shape pretty easily after the first two, but Laura ruined me. Or was it the fact that I turned 30 two months later that did me in?
- I have dreams of traveling with my entire family to Europe. We've been planning it for years. We've been saving for years. I had it all budgeted out, so that we could save up enough to go in 2013. But now the city is going to cut Shad's pay. My job at Family School is being reduced by 75%. Laura and Peter are getting braces as soon as school gets out, or rather, they're starting their first phase of braces. Then a few years later (probably 2013 exactly, with my luck), they'll do the second phase. And in between their first and second phase, Emily will be getting braces. I just can't afford to have three kids in braces at the same time! All of this means - no more saving up for our family trip. The family trip that has been my dream for as long as I've had children.
- I have a friend who loves to exercise and does not like sweets. She never eats them. Why can't I be like that? I HATE to exercise. If I didn't have my back to worry about, I wouldn't exercise at all. And I LOVE sweets. I'm addicted to them. I can never just have one slice of cake or one cookie. No, I have to eat six servings. I try not to have sweets in the house, because I have no self-control.
OK, I think those are my main complaints at the moment. I should probably just delete this post and spare you. But, I'm not going to. Sorry.
6 comments:
Hang in there!
I'm right there with you about pay cuts. Not that they paid us enough to live in California to start with, but now they've cut Earl's salary by almost 10%. So much for the dream of owning a house...
Oh how the years went by!
Land's End still has pants that come up to your waist.
the sweet tooth you got from me, so you can blame me for that.
i am really sorry about the pay cut. they really don't pay policeman enough.
How well I relate to your woes, Windy!!! It's nice to know I am not the only one with similar frustrations. : )
I have a lot of the same problems, except the what am I going to do with the rest of my life. I am still at the I am going to have young children for the rest of my life stage there. If you can find some kind of cure for the exercise and sweet problem, please send it to me ASAP!
Windy, I wish you could see yourself the way others see you. You are a fantastic mom, who works so hard at keeping her kids healthy, educated, and happy. You have a great figure, and I'm not going to even qualify that with a "for someone who has 3 kids." You really are the envy of a lot of women. I do hear you on the shopping woes, and wish I could change things re: the family vacation. Maybe you could win the lottery? Or not...
Oh the joys of getting older :) At least we have our health and our families!! I think I'll finally be able to save for europe when my kids are in their 30's themselves. Someday. Hang in there and don't feel bad. I'm sure you'll see a post like this from me in the near future too ;)
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