Anxious Little Bugger, I am I am

I was all set to enjoy today and even planned to go to the crazy Kohl Children's Museum.  If you think about it, it really was a crazy stupid idea because it's raining outside and it's a weekend.  All of this adds up to a very crowded museum with tons of toddlers with sticky hands and oodles of very tired and exasperated parents.

Even so, I was willing to give it a try in order to get the boys to run out of energy.  Instead, I ended up singing up that "Clean Up" song and encouraging Nick to pick up some toys and put them away (and believe it or not he actually did).  Then I pushed the coffee table to the side, turned on the CD player, and chased the kids around the living room.

There's no accounting for taste because what was on the CD player was The Flying Lizards' The Mandalay Song.  If you've never heard it before, it sounds like an Indian woman on helium singing a traditional Indian song.  Nick loved it and demanded that we play it over and over and over.

Finally after a round of building blocks which entailed me asking Nick to "share with Alex.  No, I said share, SHARE, SHARE.  Thank you." they both went to take their naps.  Suddenly, I was left with a little time to myself and I started thinking.  Thinking is not such a good thing for me.

My mind was racing with all the things I needed to do like pay the bills, balance the checkbook, fold laundry, clean up for yet ANOTHER open house on Sunday, and on and on and on.  So, after running around like a maniac with the boys, my heart is racing with anxiety.  I ask you, why is it that I just cannot enjoy the silence for an hour or so?  Is everyone like this or is it just me?  Maybe it's just that stupid Mandalay Song. . .

Comments

[Amy]

A house a few doors down from me just went up for sale. Interested?

[Mary Anne]

It's hard to unwind sometimes. Especially if you're a working parent. I feel your pain. For some reason, I am always so compelled to multi task when I'm spending quality time with my daughter. It's hard to find balance.