5 Truths About What Being A Mom Is Really Like......

     Brace yourself for some honest truths about motherhood. Being a mother is literally the best most rewarding job in the world! I wouldn't change it! With that being said there are a somethings I was not prepared for. Things that nobody told me would happen!


SLEEP..........
     Loss of my precious sleep! I mean what is sleep? Ever since having my daughter I do not sleep. She is seven and still wakes at night!  Having a child means being tired all the time! Welcome to the world of a mombie! Bed time is a struggle, she will mimic the book "If you give a mouse a cookie." First she is hungry, then she needs a drink, then she needs to pee. Peeing makes her hungry again. Then she needs a story and a song. As I walk out she will ask for a drink! By the time she is finally asleep I am near dead from mental and physical exhaustion.

ALWAYS BEING LATE!!
     Even if I plan an extra hour to get ready I am still late! Before being a parent I was actually pretty darn punctual. After tons of extra packing, we will be ready to go. Buckled in the car with a few minutes to spare and, she will need to get out of  her seat to use the bathroom. The bathroom that I told her to use before getting in the car. Whenever we have somewhere to go she enters sloth mode! It takes her light years to get dressed and out the door!

ALONE TIME!!
     Bwahhahahahaha!!!! This no longer exists! Alone time is something a mother has been robbed of! My shadow strangely resembles a 4 foot tall clone of myself. When I go to pee she will walk in all up in my business and ask a million questions. The dogs also follow lol. There is no such thing as privacy anymore! She always has to tell me something or show me something when I want or need to be alone, like when in the bathroom!

My little darling invading my space

THE QUESTIONS AND STORIES!!
     Holy Cupcakes the questions! It starts at 6 am and goes straight through until bedtime. My brain is so exhausted. Kids literally talk non stop! Mom mom mom mom mom look at this, did you know this.....? Did you know that............? The stories from a kid are like the energizer flippin bunny! They keep going and going and going. She plays in her giant playroom alone for like a minute! I don't get it, she has all the latest and greatest but still is bored and needs me to play EVERY minute?!

APPEARANCE!!
     I used to do my hair and make up. I used to care about how I looked.  Now " aint got time for that!" I'm so tired to even care. Its amazing how I have let myself go and yet I am completely ok with that. Yoga pants and a mom ponytail is my go to fashion statement. Does a Burts Bees chapstick count as makeup? lol

Folks the struggle is real! These tiny humans are exhausting! But, you know what? It is completely worth it! Having a child is such a blessing! Even if that means you pee and poop with an entourage, look like a disheveled mess, and never sleep. Your brain may be tired from the 1,000,000,000,000 questions during the day, but at the end of it all you look at them and realize its all worth it.

                                                10 Things That Really Grind My Gears



     So lots of things grind my gears, if we went over them all I would be typing until I'm 80 lol.  Lets just go over my top 10 things I cant stand. Here they are in no particular order:

10 ~ Using Facebook as a diary.
     I cant stand all the I went here, then here, cleaned the house, exercised, blah blah blah type posts! Congratulations on doing what everyone else has done but, didn't need to list off their entire day on Facebook for recognition!  Or the can you believe what so and so did to me? Facebook is not a flippin diary and to be honest nobody cares! lol

9 ~ Countless selfies!
     The occasional selfie is ok but do you really need to take and post 15 in one day?  And the selfie stick!! Seriously what has our society come to when, people walk around with a dang stick to take pictures of themselves! I just don't get it.

8 ~ Bragger moms or just braggers in general!
     I am sure we have all encountered this type of person. They have to have everything bigger and better no matter what it is.

7 ~ The whole "My Bae" 

     First off...gag.... I cant stand this one. I literally puke in my mouth whenever I hear it or read it.  Like seriously bae means poop in danish. Why would you call someone you love a poop?

6 ~  Wearing pajamas in public!

     I get your tired... so am I but, you wont see me out in public walking around in my Sponge Bob pj's! Is it really so hard to slap on a pair or yoga pants like the rest of the population? Geesh everyone is already like  "messy hair don't care" now its like "just outta bed and I am here!"

5 ~ My husband sleeping when I cant!

     So he always likes to say he didn't sleep well last night, well I know that is in fact a lie! He snores, he farts and  he groans in his blissful sleep, while I am awake! It drives me bonkers! How dare he sleep when I cant! Its just plain rude! lol. 

4 ~ Bad Drivers!

     People who do not know how to use their blinker, drive 5 miles under the speed limit, sit at a red light while it turns green because they are too busy texting, people who do not get the concept of merging,  people who hit the brake way too often. Yep that's right if I am behind you and your brakes are blinking like a firefly trying to find a mate I am judging you! Is it really so difficult to just let off the gas? No need to tap dance on the brakes! With the driving I could go on and on! Driving brings out the best of me haha! Okay maybe the worst lol

3 ~ People complaining about my driving! A.K.A. backseat drivers

     Look if you are in MY car driving with me sit back, buckle up, and shut up. I cant stand backseat drivers! My famous saying is "you wanna walk?"

2 ~  Squeaky wheel shopping carts

     I don't know why it is but, I always seem to get the cart that either squeaks or has a gimpy wheel or both! Makes me crazy, but I never go get another one. I just get furious with it and complain lol

1 ~ Slow walking people!

     I hate being stuck behind slow walking people!  It boils my blood! Like why are you walking slower than a turtle stuck in honey? Love when I stop my car for someone to cross and they literally walk in slow motion! Knees to chest people knees to chest!

 Well there ya have it! My top 10 list of things that really grind my gears! These things make me madder than a hornet! I hope you enjoyed my list and got a few laughs! What grinds your gears?