October 5, 2008 at 1:29 pm ·
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Most people love weekends, don’t they? Staying home, sleeping in, and relaxing are reasons to really love the weekend. But when you are a work at home parent, it might be a different story. I don’t like the weekends all that much. I get nothing done and my home is a wreck. I like the weekdays when I can get my son off to school early and get some things done around the house, as well as get a ton of work done before he even gets home. I also have time to take a nap usually.
Anyway, I don’t want to spend the next few posts complaining or ranting, I’m just feeling pretty frustrated these days. Maybe I’m PMS’ing. That would explain it. 
I’ve decided to help my son clean his room today. I can’t stand it anymore, I hate even going in there. It’s such a wreck, and it’s obvious he won’t be doing anything about it any time soon, no matter how many times I tell him to clean it. He’ll get started, but he’s so slow that it takes hours just to get anything done and then it gets late.. and nothing is really accomplished. I’m thinking of throwing out alot of his toys that I feel he doesn’t use anymore or that are broken. He has too much crap, taking up too much space, and he doesn’t pick up anything so it looks like a huge pile of junk. Maybe I’ll be in a better mood once that pig sty is cleaned up. >;[
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October 5, 2008 at 12:49 pm ·
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It seems like it’s getting harder and harder to keep my home clean. I also find that my child is becoming lazier by the day. I can barely get him to do anything anymore, without offering him money or some sort of compensation. I’ve considering beating him into submission, but I’m not even sure that’s legal, lol. He barely picks up after himself, and I’m left to do it if I want a clean home. Of course, my OCD doesn’t allow for the mess to be left. I find myself getting angry at him, and kind of resentful. I mean, I know he’s a child but he’s 8 years old, and very capable of picking up after himself. Even his room is a disgusting mess, and I’ve been telling him for weeks to clean it. I got some new speakers for his computer but I told him he can’t have them until he cleans his room. He tried to bargain with “I’ll clean up my desk area.” Excuse me? Needless to say the speakers are still sitting in the box and will remain there. I’m not rewarding him for being lazy. It seems unless I am on top of his every move, constantly reminding him to throw away his trash, pick up his mess, or put his dishes in the sink then it’s just not getting done. I’m exhausted. I can’t imagine having more than 1 kid, either. I think I’d go nuts.
/rant
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