Have a laugh at my expense!

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I'm sure many of you here can relate to this! I thought I'd share how my domestic life has gone downhill since starting nursing school. Hey, if I don't laugh about it, I'll cry!

--I am so far behind on my laundry. Way beyond what the hampers can hold. I pick my clothes out of the mountain of clean clothes piled up on the loveseat in my living room. The other day, I bought my husband a new package of underwear because I couldn't even find any of his dirty ones to throw in the washer.

--I'm pretty sure I haven't dusted since January. My kids draw smiley faces in the dust collected on top of the end tables.

--I can count on one hand the number of from-scratch dinners I have made in the last month.

--My dear husband is very supportive and tries his best to help around the house and with the kids, but he's a bit lacking in some departments. After clinicals, I went to pick up my son at my mom's yesterday. He was wearing inside-out sweatpants and a turtleneck. Did I mention it was 80 degrees outside?

Specializes in med/surg & geriatrics.

SO nice to know I'm not alone while doing the "student-mommy-wife-employee" role changes. The poor house does get neglected but atleast the kids got a hug and the husband got some love, then it doesn't seem to bother any of us as bad!! Hang in there YOU ARE NOT ALONE!!! :)

lol, this is my world! First I am so tired from clinicals and classes that I can barely think straight. I have a wonderful husband who does the best he can. He works two jobs so I can go to school. He doesn't care too much for house work. I tease hom that when I am a nurse(GOD willing) I will hire a housekeeper to find our floor....yikes..lol

I keep my house fairly "picked up" but I can't tell you the last time I mopped the floor or did anything like that. If my son puts up a fight about getting dressed in the morning, he goes to school in his pajamas. And All my bills are 2 weeks late because I can't manage to squeeze that check-writing time out of my day. We live on Lean Cuisine frozen dinners. I can't wait until this semester is over. Gotta go load the dishwasher--bye!

My pinning is May 12 and I have promised my teenager that I will actually cook this summer. My daughter doesn't care--she could live on peanut butter sandwiches and tv dinners.

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