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Odd mom out

Posted on 20. Nov, 2009 by Andy Ptacek in Beauty (or lack thereof), The balancing act

So, I’m not the mom with the new outfits, styled hair and manicured nails. I’m not above wearing old shirts, using my son’s Aquaphor for lip gloss and sporting a ponytail, but some days I just feel like my appearance is a reflection of how busy and tired I am.

When I step outside of my own little world I see the moms who look like they don’t have kids, but they do, and they’re at the grocery store buying dinner or jogging down the road with curls. First I wonder how they do it… Then I start to feel like a failure. I mean, are these super moms? Half the time I think I’m not good at anything because I’m spread so thin, let alone looking good doing it.

As I lay in bed and think, as I often do because it’s my quiet time, I can really only come up with one good reason these wonder women exist. They must have more time. How do they do it? Do they know something I don’t?

Well, I obviously don’t have the secret recipe, but I want it. I want pedicured feet and blown out hair and a waxing! I want to go to the mall and feel at peace in the dressing room, even with a crying kid on my leg. But you know what? It ain’t gonna happen. Even if I could add hours to the day, I can’t imagine spending them any differently than I already am because I feel like my priorities are right for me.

I don’t want to miss the fun my husband and son are having in the living room as I get ready for the day so I throw on my drugstore makeup and hat and spend that time with them. Nap time is either mommy and daddy time or work time and of course the other time is, well, the balancing act.  Don’t get me wrong, I could NOT work at home without help, but there’s a reason I’m a work at home mom… so I can have my cake and eat it too. My cake may not look as pretty as others, but it tastes damn good to me!