#isthedevil

My mortal enemy. I always tell myself that I will keep up with it so that it doesn't pile up yet I go downstairs into the basement to find I need a rowboat to wade through the towels. Why is it so hard? Well I will tell you why laundry is not nearly as important to me as it should be. 

I am a working mom! I sometimes spend all day away from my son and the last thing that I want to do is waste any more time not playing with him. As a mom with a special needs child specifically it is even more difficult. He never naps and if he does nap I want to squeeze in really lavish activities like eating.. and showering! Eventually when I decide to venture into the great unknown (my dark, spider infested basement) the heaping pile is so intimidating I think very seriously about just burning it and sweeping away the evidence before my husband gets home.

How can I fix this? Well, obviously if the washing machine was upstairs that would certainly be a huge help but alas, I am not skilled in the areas of contracting so we can just let that option rest for now. I guess I can always put my dinner and grooming on the back burner so that I can focus on chores but does that really help me in the end? 

I think that it all comes down to prioritizing. If I have to wear a shirt that may or may not have been free from a rest stop just until I throw on a few loads to play catch up then so be it! Oliver is not going to look back on his childhood and think to himself, "Wow, I don't know how I survived the towel shortage of 2014!" He is more interested in seeing me crawling around on the ground with a bucket on my head and reciting Team Umizoomi episodes. Obviously I want to  figure out this whole multitasking super wife/mom thing but for now I am content with trial and error. 

Who would you rather spend time with? A stack of bed sheets or a 3 year old mini hunk who wants to jump on the bed that very moment? I envy the moms that know how to be on top of everything so well but I am still a bit new to the mom game and perhaps practice really does make perfect when it comes to all of this! For me personally, I am not going to beat myself up about it too much (atleast not yet). On the bright side my son usually manages to get naked 90% of the time, so he doesn't mind waiting for the dryer to cycle through. 

I hate cardio... in the gym anyway.