That's just the left leg!

Please.

You know if you are a Mom at some point in time, you've had this moment.  I just didn't expect to have that moment when my kids were 18 and 20.

The last time it happened, I believe Melissa was about 2, Max was about 6 months old.  I was stranded in Glenrosa at our new home--we were renovating.  My neighbour--who had a 1 year old was bored.  She decided to take 3 shifts at her job--she came tearing over the fence to ask if I'd babysit so she could get out of the house.

How could I resist her?  We were both pretty bored to death, it was 3 shifts, it would make her sane, make a little bit of money and make me completely insane.

So, I agreed, and the following morning, she dropped off the baby and went off to her 8 hour shift.

Oh, I had NO idea what I had just done.  3 babies under the age of 2.  What was I thinking?

By the time the week was over, she had worked 5 shifts.  I agreed to do it, because we were sharing her wage!

At the end of the week the statement happened.  It's one of those moments where a husband has no idea what he has just said, it just comes out.  "Do you realize your clothes are dirty?"

I remember looking down, feeling overwhelmed, but I had made it through the week.  The family was content, more or less, dinner had appeared on the table all week, I had maintained the house, the groceries--but I had not maintained myself.

It's a little of a pattern that would occur over and over again in my life.

Today, it happened again.  I was very tired, looking forward to Kent visiting me at lunch, I have to admit I was pretty grumpy when he said, "You have mustard on your pants."  I actually smiled, I wasn't upset, it just struck me as a funny moment because...that was just the left leg.  The right leg pant had something all together different on it...from a couple days ago, and now it's unrecognizable....

Yes, people I have let myself go.

I had run out of clothes, I am no clothes horse, I have a VERY limited wardrobe and the laundry hamper was full!

The goal for the week was to maintain feeding the family, maintain food in the fridge, (there are 5 adults living here, so grocery shopping can happen every 2 days...), maintain the house, dogs, and something that resembled normal.

Laundry wasn't even on my list.

Hopefully laundry happens tomorrow, or it will be Pajama Day at the Horie's.