{"id":90,"date":"2010-06-15T16:50:15","date_gmt":"2010-06-15T23:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/momservations.wordpress.com\/?p=90"},"modified":"2010-06-15T16:50:15","modified_gmt":"2010-06-15T23:50:15","slug":"sleep-perchance-to-avoid-laundry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/momservations.com\/index.php\/2010\/06\/15\/sleep-perchance-to-avoid-laundry\/","title":{"rendered":"Sleep Perchance to Avoid Laundry"},"content":{"rendered":"

Momservation: <\/strong>Fantasizing about never getting out of bed to avoid laundry is ruined by realizing you\u2019d eventually have to wash the sheets.<\/p>\n

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When you\u2019re a SAHM or WAHM punching the clock starts as early as a 5 a.m. bed wetting or as late as a 10 p.m., \u201cI\u2019m thirsty-I\u2019m hot-I\u2019m cold-I can\u2019t fall asleep.\u201d Even then, if you\u2019ve got a newborn, toddler or a sick kid, it\u2019s another night of overtime.<\/p>\n

So it makes sense that lately I\u2019ve been escaping to my bed because, for the most part, then I\u2019m finally off the clock.<\/p>\n

In fact, I\u2019ve trained everyone from the dog, to the kids, to Hubby that once I\u2019m in between those sheets it\u2019s time to look to the assistant manager for help.<\/p>\n

If I manage to get\u00a0horizontal on my bed, everyone knows the manager of this family business is done for the day. No laundry to sort, no meals to prepare, no things to pick up, no toilets to flush, no fights to break up, no animals to be fed, no places to drive, no shouts of \u201cMom!\u201d<\/p>\n

No deadlines, no marketing, no emails, no conference calls, no invoices, no writer\u2019s block, no interruptions that constantly bring everything to a screeching halt.<\/p>\n

Those things don\u2019t go away, but if I\u2019m lucky I can forget about them until the next day while I snuggle up to my DVR (sorry, not tonight Honey) and get lost in \u201cSo You Think You Can Dance\u201d or \u201cDiners, Drive-Ins and Dives\u201d or my 500 back-episodes of \u201cGrey\u2019s Anatomy.\u201d (Don\u2019t tell me what happens in the season finale \u2013 I still haven\u2019t gotten to it yet!)<\/p>\n

My life lately seems so hectic that I find myself diving into bed earlier and earlier to escape. If I thought I could get away with it I\u2019d try to call it a day at 4 p.m. Let someone else pick up the dinner shift.<\/p>\n

Need something? Go see Daddy or take care of it yourself. Call me when you\u2019re in bed ready for a hug and kiss. Even the dog puts herself in her kennel. And Hubby? Let\u2019s just say he\u2019s very grateful for the \u201cpause\u201d button on the DVR and that I do like the occasional inter-office romance.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s amazing that the anxiety I carry over all the things I need to do with not enough time to do them and the responsibility of managing everyone\u2019s needs can be tamed by preparing to vote someone off a show or watching people throw crab pots into a frozen sea.<\/p>\n

And of course sleep \u2013 glorious sleep \u2013 unless I have a nightmare where a lynch mob is coming after me because they\u2019re out of underwear, can make it all better again.<\/p>\n

That is until my 8 hour reprieve (if I\u2019m lucky) is up with the dog whining in her kennel. And then before I can even open my eyes the weight of the day\u2019s demands already makes the covers too heavy to lift.<\/p>\n

Some days I swear I\u2019d stay in bed all day if it didn\u2019t mean I\u2019d eventually have to wash the sheets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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