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Quiet Please
I need alone time more than I need anything else in life right now, or so I thought
I have a husband, a daughter that is almost three and is just starting to get good at the terrible twos thing, four big dogs, three cats, one of which thinks he’s a dog and weighs about the size of a small dog. He even eats the dog food, wants to be outside with the other stinky mutts, and challenges them at times and wins. The dogs back down; maybe it’s because he has claws or they think he is one mean alpha pup.
Everyone wants to be around me at all times
I never get a moment to my self; there is always some warm body trying to snuggle up to me or wanting to be fed. Between being a stay at home mom and the only housekeeper (which I’ve given up on because I clean and turn around and there’s a new mess,) I get no me time. In a house full of animals who don’t pick up after themselves I’m no match, I would constantly be cleaning every second of my life.
I’m surrounded by dog farts and hairballs, and a whiny preschooler who’s only response is “NOOOOO!”
I remember a time when my house was quiet. I could think, I could watch TV, anything I wanted without someone wanting to highjack the remote, read a book. Oh a book, I miss being able to put 100% of my focus…
