I am on bed rest. In case you missed my earlier complaining, I fell down like an old lady and some things went crack. Ouch! The Doctor in her infinite wisdom thought my back and ribs might do well if I swallowed a whack of drugs and tried two weeks of bed rest. My ravaged beat up body needs some time to heal.
Ha! Time to heal! I am a mother of two, it’s summer, and I am a stay at home mom. I don’t get eight hours of sleep in a night, how on earth am I going to pull off two whole weeks of being in bed?
Well, I am halfway done and can now definitely tell you, I suck at bed rest. It’s boring, it is making me fat, and I feel guilty all the time.
I have resisted vacuuming and all things cleaning, but I can’t stop being a Mom! I am still “Queen of the Carpool” and the newest development, I am now the “Queen of Overcompensation”.
The girls have had special dinners, extra treats, later bed times, a boost in allowance..but still the Mommy guilt. Bed rest is over on Sunday? Well, Monday really but don’t tell. So what do I do? In the throws of one particular moment of Mommy guilt madness, after telling my girls “I’m sorry”, “I can’t”, and making excuses one time more then I could stand, I blurt out this wonderful idea.
We need to have a good old fashioned Pizza and Pool Party! (Cause that won’t be stressful.) This Saturday. Think before you speak!
The counters are covered in crap, the garbage pails are full, the laundry baskets are over flowing, we need groceries and the dog hair is taking over the house. We are clearly in no shape to be having a bash, BUT, I don’t want my girls to remember this summer as the one where Mommy always said “later” and “not right now honey” and spent her entire time in bed.
Sigh. Bring on the good back drugs, bring on the Starbucks, turn a blind eye to the house out of control cause this Mama is throwing a party!
If you’re around, drop in! I’ll be by the pool, with my camera, my pain pills, (my Hubby to help!) and surrounded by ten screaming sugar filled happy little girls.
Cheers!
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Oh man, I would also have a lot of trouble handling bedrest! At least you’re halfway through it and hopefully you’ll feel better afterward.
Mom guilt. Worst feeling.. Praying your back heals asap and that the pool party goes off successfully!
I would go crazy on bed rest! I feel so bad for pregnant women who spend weeks…months confined at home! Don’t feel too guilty though, take some time to let things heal so you aren’t back in bed a few days later!
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i’m sorry you are stuck in bed.. but i’ll tell ya.. if u have tis party.. i can promise nobody will even pay attention to your home.. and hey! if you are too worried.. make everyone stay outside.. lol
Wow, you’re a super trooper! I don’t think I could have even offered to have that party!
You are a glutton for punishment.
Sorry about your back…and the bed rest scenario is never fun.
Take care, Suz
sorry it does suck…hope you heal up soon! and do get some rest so it can happen…smiles.
That’s so awful! I’m so sorry for the physical pain and then the emotional torment of a trashed house!
Good luck with that… sounds like something I’d do. I often have moments of madness on drugs… you’ll be fine as long as no one asks to go in and use the loo!!!
Get better soon!
On a side note, can I just say, you are the best mom! Always putting the children first!
Don’t worry about the mess (they won’t notice). Just have fun!
Bed rest does suck! But your posts are way more coherant than mine when I am taking pain pills. Good luck and don’t overdo it!
PS there are no good movies to rent I tried MANY last week. So I suggest napping a lot!
That Mom guilt is horrible. I was feeling guilty the other day about not helping my 17 year old!! He’s 17! My husband says….”I don’t understand why you feel guilty every time you can’t do what the kids want.” “You don’t understand…no you don’t understand you’re a man and by the way…it’s my JOB to feel guilty!” LOL
Good luck with your party…load up on pain pills. Hope you are back to a fully functional doing too much for everyone Mom soon 🙂
Oh, goodness I’d be terrible at that, too. Hope you feel better very soon!
Hope you and the girls enjoy the party. Momma guilt is a powerful thing. Hope you feel better too.
Oh, that does suck!
At least get the girls to put in their share of clean up / prep time. Otherwise you might hurt yourself worse and then be down for more time.