I can't count on my fingers the number of times I heard some mom friends say they're very tired. One of them has one child and she has a maid and she can call a relative to drive her anywhere she needs to go. Another has three grown up kids, who doesn't need to get taken care of, a maid, a nanny, tutor for her kids and a full-time driver.
And they're tired?
I feel like a super woman every time I compare what I have to do everyday with what my friends do.
This is how my day looks like. I wake up around 5:10 am to prepare breakfast and the lunch meal that my son needs to bring to school. School service picks up my son before 6:30am. Then I clean the house, wash the dishes and do some online work. I also research new topics for my blogs and new things to do on my spare time. I also squeeze in some exercise, shower and I then rest for an hour or two before 1pm because I usually sleep at 12-1:30am the previous night. At 1pm, I eat lunch and prepare the laundry that the laundromat will pick up or those that I need to wash in the afternoon. I also prepare the fruits and sandwich for my son's merienda.
I then have to wait for a taxi and go to my son's school at 2:30pm to pick him up. School bus leaves at around 3:30pm-4:30pm to bring us home. I do some blog updates while waiting for the school bus to leave. The school bus drops us off at my son's Chinese tutor and I walked to our house which is three buildings away from his tutors.
Upon arriving home, I cook, do the laundry, do some work and finish other household chores that I wasn't able to do in the morning. When my son calls, I then pick him up and continue the tasks that I left off as soon as we arrive in the house. I help him review his other subjects also.
We then eat dinner and catch up on the interesting things that happened to him in school. Then I wash the dishes, squeeze in some exercise (if it's not too late), I take a bath, we play chess or monopoly, then we pray, talk some more and RJ falls asleep.
My day doesn't end there. I finish off some work, do more research, dry the dishes.
And then I get to sleep, as I've said usually between 12midnight - 1:30am.
So? Am I a super woman compared with some of my mom friends? I'd like to think so!
13 comments:
Yes, you are. Looks like we have the same routine and sleep very late too.. it's a never ending task and we are super moms!
I think you darna. Hahaha every mother is a superwoman in their own way;) but the good thing with us is that we dont surrender, we dont say we are tired. Being a mother is hard and yet we balance our time so well
Whew! Now I consider myself a sloth with the tons of work that you have to accomplish within the day :) Supermom ka nga :)
The day you just described was so familiar, I actually thought you were describing mine.
You are superwoman alright! My frustration is really that I need so much sleep. Otherwise, I would get dizzy and have a bad mood.
Oh my I feel you... I do not have maids at home. I am a hands-on mom and aside from that I also have a regular online job to attend during weekdays..Now that I will be giving birth early next year for our second baby I need to be even tougher and wear my super mommy costume :))
wow! You are really a supermom :) I hope that everyone can do the same thing.
of course you are! :)
I guess its just a matter of handling your time well..
Wow! You are indeed a Superwoman! I cannot do all those chores in a day.
I can relate to your post as we almost have the same obligations and chores to do everyday and I salute you for managing your time well. Yes, you are a super woman! I won't contest that. :)
i think we are super woman in all our own rights. it's really hard to be a mother, i guess.
high-five sis! I doubt those saying they are tired and they haven't experienced half of what we do everyday...yes, you are Super woman in every sense of the word!
Yes, you are a superwoman because you do all of those things without any help from anyone. A superwoman and a supermom!
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