When Mommy’s on a Mission

When Mommy’s on a mission

Nothing can stop her

She starts by sorting the boys’ clothes

She wants to sell some before the baby comes

She needs a trash bag

So she heads to the kitchen

When she’s in the kitchen

She remembers it’s time to drain the chicken

(it has been boiling, 3 recipes worth, for 2 hrs!)

She has to save the broth for another recipe

She pulls out all the pots and pans

She drains the chicken

The chicken plops into the broth

The broth spills ALL over the kitchen counter

She exhales and yells at the kids to stay out of the kitchen

She starts cleaning up the counter

She notices the top of the trim is really dusty

She dusts the trim

She notices the paper towel holder is dusty

She washes that

The counters get sanitized

The dishes get cleaned

She starts to now clean up the floor

Man, the cabinets are really dirty

She cleans the cabinets

Everything is put back in place

Laundry now needs to be started (it took lots of towels)

First the boys’ laundry needs to be switched over

Wait, the dryer has the guest room sheets in it

Where to put those?
The guest bed is full of things to sell at the consignment sale

Find place for guest bed sheets

(Would have been faster to just fold them and put them away)

Switch over boys’ laundry

Start towels (and clothes Mommy was wearing)

Double check kitchen…all clean!

Head back to nursery to sort through things

Now, what did I forget?

Oh yes, a trash bag

Head back into kitchen 45min later still needing that trash bag

Thinks “this sounds like a ‘If You Give a Mouse a Cookie’ story

Head to computer to dump creativity

She doesn't have much these days so she must capture it when she can

Explain to oldest that he cannot talk or the creativity will run and hide away forever

Finish typing

Head back to room to sort

Oh yes, she still needs that trash bag

She closes her eyes as she walks through the kitchen

Lest she see something else she needs to tend to

She finally heads back to her task she stopped now 1 hour ago

And now the kids have destroyed the room

And the organized piles…