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Teeter Totter ~ Finding a Balance Between Me-Hood and Motherhood
Gender: female Date of Birth: January 01, 1973 Member Since: September 11, 2007 Last Signed In: November 20, 2009 Blog Views: 14722 Send To A Friend Sign Guestbook Add as a Friend
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Who Needs Video Games
While pondering the un-attainable concept of attempting to keep the scales of my life in balance, I was struck with an epiphany. Women don’t need video games. Know why? Because our whole lives are one big Zelda quest, one huge Tetris (make everything fit), one big magic show. We multi task on waves that men couldn’t even fathom! For example… My son will often ask me “What are you thinking of right now.” I will say… “What we’re having for dinner and did I take meat out of the freezer and do we have enough groceries to last till payday (day after tomorrow) and we have 20minutes before piano so you have to feed the dogs and take out the trash right when we get home then grandma is coming over tomorrow so I have to vacuum the house, clean the bathroom, oh! Then there’s my Etsy store, I need to update that and the sale I made, have to mail that to the post office and.. hey! Those jeans are looking a little short on you and your shoes look small too, we need to budget in for new clothes for you soon…” Ok, you get the drift. My son just looks at me with a blank stare and says “You have boring thoughts.” That’s it. Not “WOW MOM!! You’re AMAZING!! Look at all you do in a day and don’t get paid for! You work so hard for our family! I would lose my mind if I had to occupy 100% of my brain with such mundane thoughts!!” Nope… I’m boring. You know what though! Who else will think it, do it, make it happen, notice it needs done, but me? Certainly not the men in my house! Oh yeah, I can kick video game butt anytime I want (if only one had the time for such things!). Heck, with the power of my mom brain I don’t even think I need a controller! 7 comments from 5 users
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posted by
hmoeckli
on Jul 18, 2008 at 05:00 PM
I get a similar response from my students when I'm staring into space, trying to figure out the fifteen thousand things I need to accomplish five minutes ago: "Why are you looking at me?!?" Can't get no respect...
posted by
creatress
on Jul 18, 2008 at 05:03 PM
No respect at all. Almost done sugar! :) posted by
wifemotherdaughtersister
on Jul 19, 2008 at 09:34 AM
i know what you mean!! i've had people ask me the same thing and i always i give them this look like " are you sure you want to open pandoras box?"
posted by
creatress
on Jul 19, 2008 at 12:33 PM
Hahah! I love that Pandora's Box indeed!
posted by
AmandaS
on Jul 19, 2008 at 05:09 PM
This is why I would rather take a nap at 2 in the afternoon on a Saturday. Right about the time my husband is going on tour with Guitar Hero. ;-)
posted by
creatress
on Jul 19, 2008 at 10:48 PM
Hahah, we've been Guitar Hero fans lately. I do enjoy the occasional SHORT video game. Who has time for WoW or Halo? Not me! posted by
ktja
on Jul 19, 2008 at 11:43 PM
Video games have slowly been creeping into my house. Acutally there's someone that I work with (ahem!) that's been encourgaging me to surrender to the video game! I bought my husband a Wii for Father's Day and actually we have all been enjoying it. Guitar Hero is quite fun. But I agree...there's not a developer out there that could create a game that would keep up with the thoughts running through a mom's head.
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