The Real Work-at-Home Mom’s Summer Day

This is what about 3:00 looks like on a work day in the Summer when Scott is not home to run interference.

Mail, trash, candy, random papers all over my desk.

 

 

Kids are plopped in front of the TV (although they didn’t turn it on today until 3).

 

 

Table still has traces of lunch and the game they played earlier.

 

 

Dirty dishes are piled up, clean dishes haven’t been put away.  I used Express Lane to order and pick up groceries but only the refrigerates were put away.  (But there is dinner in the crockpot way back there!)

 

 

Clean towels are piled up to be folded.  (But they’re clean and more are in the washing machine!)

 

 

Suitcases have not been emptied and are randomly in the hallway.

 

My bed didn’t get made and you can’t see them but the girls set up some sort of play area in front of the couch for the paper dolls they made this morning.  Oh and that yellow cup beside my bed has a smoothie in it from last week.

 

The kids room is well, the kids room.  Wet towels on the floor included.

 

 

Now this is what I call giving you Permission to Peruse.  We all have days like this and we just have to take a deep breath, set a timer for 15 minutes at the end of the day and fake it.