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This post is linking up to Kate Takes 5's latest Listography linky. I love the simplicity and speed of lists of 5 things!
So here are my Top 5 Reasons I Know I'm a Mum:
1. My favourite time of the day is early morning when I sit alone with a coffee and NO SOUND other than birds outside. No music. No radio. No TV. No talking. Ahhhh, sweet relief.
2. I leave the house with a bag full of stuff for the kids and forget my own jacket/cardigan/make-up.
3. My tabletop is mysteriously sticky no matter how often I wipe it.
4. My social life centres around the school gate.
5. My emotional state ricochets between bliss, despair, rage, frustration, hope, contentment, fierce blinding love, heart-stopping fear, gratitude, anxiety, giddiness and relief, every day.
If you want to see some other 5 Reasons lists, look here.
Number 3? So true. So very, very true.
ReplyDeleteI remember before I had kids being appalled at "the stickiness" when visiting friends/family with kids. "The stickiness" was the thing I thought (correctly) I would find a bit hard to deal with as a mum.
DeleteStickiness meant that when Sapphire was a bit over a year old, she imitated me by wiping down the coffee table - that's when I realised that parenthood always means being within a metre of a freshly rinsed, damp chux!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely! Do you know I get a little bit excited when the Chux have run out and I buy a new packet in a different colour. (I rotate blue, green and yellow)!
DeleteI can empathise with all of those, apart from the first. I might have to start getting up earlier!
ReplyDeleteIt's worth it, it really is! though I don't always manage it either ;-)
DeleteNumber 2! I'm always doing that!
ReplyDeleteMy kitchen table is also permanently sticky - there are lots of interesting pen squiggles on it too.
Ha! Yes, I have pen marks and the odd paint stain too. I tell myself it looks lovely and rustic!
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