10 Things I Will Never Get To As A Work-At-Home Mom

Up until now, the Mommyish community has only known me as a working mom. Ahem, a mom who works outside of the home, that is. Today marks my official first day as a work-at-home mom. In the last few weeks as I finished out my notice at my previous job, I crafted all sorts of to-do lists and fantasized about all that I will get done now that I am not out of my house 10 hours every weekday. Of course, I will still be working and I know I will be busy so this is all very likely a pipe dream. These magical to-do lists and big ambitions will now morph into my list of things I will never get to as a work-at-home mom:

1. Organize The Bad Closet

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You know the one- where you move one thing and the whole mountain of junk comes tumbling down? I figured I would devote an afternoon to that some day soon but in reality, I am dreading it to the point where I will find any excuse not to tackle it.

2. Go To The Gym Everyday

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My husband goes to work a bit later in the morning so I have big plans of hitting the gym at dawn every day, before the kids even wake up. I actually did it today but I’m positive this will fizzle out soon because, exhausted.

3. Do The Seasonal Wardrobe Purge On Time

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Every year, I find myself weeding our summer clothes out of our drawers sometime in late November. Considering I live in NY and it’s already 40-50 degrees most mornings I thought I might try to do it on time this year. Very likely will not happen and I will have to keep fighting my kids every morning when they pull tank tops and shorts out to wear to school in October.

4. Cook Dinners From Scratch

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This one is very important to me because for the last four years, I have gotten home somewhere in the neighborhood of 6pm every night and with homework, baths and story time, I have not had much time to cook “real” food. Even if not from scratch, I am really hoping to at least limit frozen waffles for dinner to only once a week instead of our typical two.

5. Meet Friends For Coffee

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I have several friends who either don’t work or have part-time jobs. I am hoping to carve out time once a week to have a post-dinner coffee with someone but I know it won’t happen because that would mean leaving the house in something other than yoga pants.

 

6. Keep Current On Laundry

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How hard could it be?? Just wake up and throw a load into the washer! Where it will sit until 5pm because I know I will forget about it.

7. Cut Coupons

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I am the absolute worst with coupons and consider myself a success if I leave the store with everything I need regardless of it’s cost. I really want to try to make time each week to shop for sales and clip coupons but in reality, I know it won’t happen. There goes $12 each week that I could be spending on my theoretical “coffee with friends”.

8. Put The Kid’s Baby Books Together

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Hahahahahahahahaha. Never happening.

9. Get A Jump On Christmas Shopping

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I think the local Target employees recognize me as the lunatic woman hunting down the season’s hottest toy and seven rolls of wrapping paper on December 23rd, panting and out-of-breath. I am really hoping to fit in a few early shopping trips this year but, lazy.

10. Learn How To Be Crafty

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I have fantasies of spending my evenings knitting something adorable but I’m sure my evenings will just be 19 Kids and Counting re-run marathons and a glass of wine, like usual.

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