Priorities

A fellow blogger wrote a nice peice about making their child their priority - or their inability to do so. I REALLY can relate to this one.

I have a hard time putting my children in the number one priority slot. In fact, they probably only get there at meal times (so they'll be quiet) and bedtime (so I can finally get a break!).

Here are the things that have a tendancy to come first:
work (definitely)
housework
checking my email
talking on the phone
my comfort
my bad moods
etc., etc.

How pathetic is this???? It's really sad. But, I know that even if I didn't work, it wouldn't be any different. I stayed at home with my kids for 3 very long, very boring years. It was excrutiatingly painful for me. Not at first, when it was just O and I and it was new - but as soon as AJ was born, that was it. It was miserable. It was loud (AJ had acid reflux, which meant a large amount of screaming). It was dull - the same thing every day, minute after minute. Agh, I could never go back!

My job comes to an end at the end of November. There is a lot of discussion around here about if I'll work again after the holidays. And, what it comes down to is, if I can find a good job, and I can find someone to run the kiddo carpool for school, I'm on it. It would be easier now since both kids are in school (AJ only 3 hours, 3 days a week, but still). But, I'm not used to spending all day with them now, so it would be hard. And, I think they would be really bored at home with me!

So, I will try to make the kids a number one priority over housework, phone and email. They are important, and I love them! I'll keep working on this one.