Women have been housewives, stay-at-home mom, homemaker–whatever you want to call it–for thousands of years and back then there was an endless amount of work to be done. And as it is today where some women are in positions to have others do most of the work for them so that they can enjoy life and their children, the majority of us have to do our own work. I’m not complaining, in fact, it’s the opposite, I don’t have enough to keep me busy. We’re a small family so dishes can take about twenty to thirty minutes if I keep up with them, picking up the little mess our son makes only takes several minutes and vacuuming is a once-a-week chore. I’m not a big fan of cooking though I do cook dinners most nights my husband is home, although I slacked off the first several months after I gave birth. I do like baking but I’m just not much of a kitchen girl. Our son does keep me on my toes and I don’t get many moments to relax, but the last two weeks I have been so bored! My mom, sadly, had to move to Texas for work so I don’t run errands with her hardly at all now and one of my sisters and brother started a job. Now most days it’s just my dad and youngest sister at home so I stay at my house more because my sister mainly plays on the computer and my dad just does his own thing. So I’ve been at home a lot. I still don’t have a car so I can’t go anywhere unless I need to go grocery shopping then I ask to borrow one, otherwise my family’s cars are usually in use. I know my siblings aren’t my kids but I’ve been feeling touches of empty nester syndrome with all but one of them out in the world, doing their thing. I know, I’m weird. I might love being at home with my son, but I also feel like I’m being left behind. My mom and sister say I need to get a hobby, and I have been trying to get back into writing, but it’s been difficult. Going over what I’ve previously written, I feel like it’s sucky. But I’m going to try to get in some writing every day and if it still sucks when I’m done, hopefully and editor can work their magic and show me how to make it less sucky!
I finished We Were Liars on Amazon Prime. I have to say, the ending really caught me by surprise, and it’s been years since I’ve been surprised by anything that happens in a movie or tv show. They’re entertaining but boringly predictable. I do recommend it though if anyone likes young adult mystery. Another show I’ve been watching, The Summer I Turned Pretty, the newest season is even more aggravating than the previous ones. I’m not at all a fan of the going between brothers storyline for biblical reasons and because it’s not fair to the brothers. Especially when the brothers are close and liking the same girl tears them apart and to add to it that same girl picks one of them then of course something changes, and she ends up with the other brother. Now in this season the main character is getting married and her mom is super against it. It makes no sense to me because they’re almost done with college and sleeping together. Her mom is making a big deal about commitment and refuses to be part of her daughter’s wedding. Marriage is just a piece of paper that can be broken, commitment comes with any relationship whether you take vows or not. Being a mom today, I know I could never cause my child that kind of pain just because I didn’t agree with a decision like that.
Mikaela Nicole 