sigh. i'm, um, EXHAUSTED. i can't think of any better word to sum it up.
it's a grey, rainy day outside, and it was yesterday, too. i want some sunshine-y happy weather to give me some energy!
my job (full-time nanny) is catching up to me; taking care of someone else's kids is just as hard (harder, in some ways) as taking care of my own. i keep reminding myself: at least i get paid to raise these ones!!!
my house is a freaking mess. i have't done a 'real' housecleaning in, uh, two months, i think. i pick up a little sometimes, but i need to mop and scrub and polish and whatnot, and i just don't have the time or energy to do it!
being a mama has been exhausting for the last couple days, too. MORE exhausting than usual, i should say. i've been breathing a sigh of relief at 7:30 when monkeygirl hits the sack, and then i've been asleep by 9 for the last few nights! what am i, ninety years old??
i need to start doing yoga again. it won't help the desparate desire i have right now to nap like a toddler, but i was feeling so good when i was going to yoga a few times a week, and this week i'm so BLAH.
the little ones i watch are napping right now, and i'm jealous. so who feels like coming over to do my job for me for a couple hours while i take a snooze in their parents' king sized paradise of a bed????
ADDED 2 HOURS LATER:
i was forced to wake up a little when the kids informed me that we were going to play 'pretend house.' i asked them all to pick who they wanted to be, and i love what their answers say about their personalities:
C, girl age 6: "I'm the mom, and I'm going to work."
L, girl age 6: "I'm 14."
A, boy age 4: "I'm the dad and I'm mad cause you guys all made a mess."
M, girl age 3: "I'm the bad guy!" (as she jumps on the bed and makes laser noises with her fingers pointed into a fake gun)
and guess what they decided i would be? the baby, haha! i crawled around and said 'gaga, i'm hungry! googoo, change my diaper! gaga, play with me!' and guess what the kids said?
they told me i was TALKING TOO MUCH!! hilarious.