Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Stay at Home Moms Days off?

So, yes, I'm a stay at home Mom. My job consists of making Felix breakfast, lunch and coffee in the morning before he goes to work, take care of all the needs of Alex, clean the house, run any errands that need to be ran during the day, prepare dinner, clean up after dinner, and put Alex to sleep. I do this 7 days a week.

Felix works installing satellite dishes for at least 10 hours a day, a least 4 days a week. Some weeks are more depending on work load and overtime availability. He gets a 3 day weekend.

So, when exactly are my days off? I don't get to leave my work for an extended period of time, to take a break from the routine, to leave the stress of work at work to go home. My work is my home.

So on Felix's days off he likes to do as least as possible. Lounge around the house, dink around on projects, go out, whatever. But that same time he is enjoying his time off, I'm busy working, cleaning up not only after Alex, but also after him. Making sure everything is in order so just in case people stop by, we aren't embarrassed by our mess.

But if I try to lounge around, take a break, or not do anything for ONE DAY, he gets upset. Why isn't this clean? Why isn't this done? This, that, the other. I tell him that I just want one day off to do nothing, and I feel guilty for making him doing stuff on his day off.

So what should I do? Should I continue to argue for a day of relaxation from all my "work" stress? Or should I just let it slide, suck it up, and deal with it?

I guess we will find all that out in time.

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