{"id":8928,"date":"2016-03-15T19:03:58","date_gmt":"2016-03-15T23:03:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mayahoodblog.com\/?p=8928"},"modified":"2024-02-15T23:55:25","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T04:55:25","slug":"the-stay-at-home-mom-5-year-itch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mayahoodblog.com\/the-stay-at-home-mom-5-year-itch\/","title":{"rendered":"The Stay-at-home-mom 5 year itch!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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There is no break. Being a stay at home mom means there is NO BREAK! And by break, I don’t mean time to relax. Rather, I mean there is no change of pace, change in scenery, change in people I interact with. I remember when I was working in the corporate world, if I disliked my client or had a crappy day I could come home and feel separated, and get a much needed break before I faced work again the next day. The same is not true as a stay-at-home-mom. If I have a sh$#ty day, there’s no where to go, no where to hide, there’s no BREAK. I can’t even go to the bathroom without being followed inside. Also, there is no coffee break. I mean, I could take the boys to get coffee, but I’m not crazy! I can’t run errands or book an appointment during my lunch time. Doing any of those things with kids in tow is like trying to brush your teeth while eating an Oreo cookie.<\/p>\n
I work 9 to 5 and then 5 to 9. Every single day, including weekends. I see the same “people” (aka my three boys) every day, every hour and every minute. T H E R E \u00a0I S \u00a0N O \u00a0B R E A K!\u00a0 There is\u00a0no separation between church and state, or in my case, between work and family. \u00a0There is no change and no difference. I’m doing the same thing, with the same people, in the same place. I’m the female version of Bill Murray from Groundhog Day<\/em> finding myself in a never ending time loop.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n When my “work” week wraps up, I just roll into the weekend. Although the weekends are a bit easier because my husband is around so the coverage goes from 3 (kids) on 1 (parent) to 3 (kids) on 2 (parents), it’s still hard and stressful and constant. Even my husband gets a break on the weekend when he has his weekly hockey game every Sunday (which reminds me, I really need to pick up a hobby outside of the house ASAP).<\/p>\n I don’t know exactly when it happened or how it happened, but lately, I’ve been getting this feeling of fleeing… of putting my hands up in the air in surrender. I don’t know if it is because I’ve been doing this stay-at-home gig for 5 + years or if it is because my three year […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8949,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Are you a stay-at-home mom? Have you experienced the itch to do something else? I have & here's why! http:\/\/wp.me\/p3dEqj-2k0","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[137227404,5309],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-8928","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured","8":"category-parenting","9":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n