Moms are not allowed to call in sick…

I have wanted to be a mother my whole life…

Yes, I WAS one of those kids… who as long as I can remember… was talking about how many kids I wanted, what I would name them, etc…

I just want to prefice my post this way because I don’t want people to think I’m being a total complainer…

BUT – why is it that MOMS DON’T GET SICK DAYS!?

The average headcold has been swarming around our house for the past week… Bug Boy got it… then Big Al… then Steeler Man (my husband) and now me… but, why is it that I don’t feel like I can truly stay in bed all day and fight this sucker for what it’s worth??

No… here I am… today – the 2nd day of being sick… waking up at the crack of dawn with the boys (*all 7 1/2 months pregnant mind you!)… deciding that going out to get bagels would be easier b/c I couldn’t for the life of me muster the energy to make eggs, french toast, toast with butter, oatmeal – whatever the boys WILL EAT!… taking a shower and washing my hair that hasn’t had a good washing since LAST Sunday(!)… getting myself lunch (a quick PBJ)… and then off to a birthday party at a Gymboree, where – yes – you have to chase your own child around for 2 straight hours… which brings me to tonight, where we had to go to Target for trash bags, and the usual pick-me-ups…

OK, my point to all of this is quite simple – I just didn’t feel like I could stop. Not that my husband didn’t tell me quite a few times today and yesterday to take it easy… but I felt like – oh, I don’t know – that things would fall apart if I did. Which, I know is NONSENSE!… but it’s funny how tough we are on our ownselves… I made my husband stay put all day yesterday… I made my kids take extra long naps all last week when they were sick… I bought special chicken soup… I did all the usual “mom” things…

I guess in a way, well… not in a way… but we ARE superwomen. We DO DO it all… we keep going when we should stop… we fight through the cold when all we want to do is curl up and watch something on TV (I would even take MTV’s Sweet Sixteen at this point!)… but we go go go go go and go because that’s what we think we’re supposed to do…

Is it right? Well… probably not… after all, I do know that being pregnant during all of this isn’t a good thing to do to my Little B coming in 7 weeks… but what’s the alternative?

And so… my post title I will post yet again…

Moms are not allowed to call in sick… (but sometimes we need a few really damn good vacation days!)

5 Things That Make Suburban Living Different Than City.

1.) First and foremost, you can DRIVE yourself around town without the worry of 100 taxis coming at you.
2.) There are a thing called neighborhoods… with houses and driveways.
3.) We actually make dinner at home, we haven’t ordered take-out in a LONG time.
4.) We have 1…. yes 1… Starbucks in our town.
5.) Big Al and Bug Boy have their own bedrooms. Along with Mommy and Daddy!

Goodbye NYC… Hello, Rhode Island!

Bug Boy’s 2.

Big Al is 1.

And Little B is due April 12th.

In a nut shell, that is why we moved.

I never grew up in NYC, I too… like my boys will be… was raised in Rhode Island. The smallest state, but nonetheless, a great state. After living in NYC for 6 years… my husband and I began to realize that raising a family there, without any of our family there, would be too much. No help. Nothing. Therefore, a need for a move was born!

I keep getting asked, “do you miss the City”… almost as if I had loved there since I was born and that this “foreign” place of Rhode Island is new territory for me. But… yes, I (and my husband!) do miss the City. I miss the busy streets, the never ending honking, the mini-marts open all night, the diner on the corner which served the best grilled cheese in the world… I even miss the hot dog vendors and the subways… something I never thought I would miss. I actually miss dressing up to go out… not that I don’t dress up here, I do… believe me… but here, which I love, I don’t go anywhere without my Ugg’s. In NYC, I wore high heels and tight jeans… here, I’m a bit more casual – which, I have to be honest, I LOVE!!

So… hello, Rhode Island. It’s good to be home. It’s good to have someone, whereever you are, know somebody in your family (or extended family). It’s good to DRIVE places without paying a cabbie. It’s amazing to live 2 minutes from my parents… 10 from my sister and 20 from my brothers. It’s good to have a coffee cabinet at Newport Creamery…. and it’s good to see that Nick, Ron and Pete Cardi are still at it.

And so… here we are… home again, loving the fact that I get to raise my boys in a state I LOVE!

Welcome to CYBERSPACE, Mama!

As I’m sitting here, writing my first BLOG ENTRY (welcome to cyberspace!)… I’m waiting here – with one ear glued to the door – listening for the familiar sounds of my 2 sons yelling “MOMMY!” from their bedrooms – a nice reminder that nap time, for the day, is indeed over.

So far, I hear nothing.

And still… as I’m sitting here, writing my first BLOG ENTRY (again, welcome to cyberspace)… I’m feeling the little kicks of Little B – due April 12th – in my belly, letting me know that he did – indeed – love the hot chocolate I just scarfed down!

Another day in the life of a Mom… not that I need to tell any other moms out there what it’s like, right!?

But this is very cool… to be here… writing… and knowing that in a matter of minutes my blog entry will be out there in the world for all to read… yes, this is very very cool.

And as I looked at all the other blogs out there… I began to wonder what I could possibly offer this “cyberworld of blogs” that would be different… that would stand out… that would make this something worth the reading of strangers. All I could come up with was something that I know very well… I know how to be a mom… mostly to boys, I will admit… I am still, as of today Jan. 23rd, 2007, girl-less (is that even a word?)… and I also know what it’s like to be a mother in the midst of starting a company – from the ground up… and the daily grind of “trying to make it all work”… and “trying to balance it all out”… which, as all of us mothers know is a never ending battle. I, for one, have never even tried to one up the other… what gets done in a day gets done – so I’ve been told by my own mother!

And so… I introduce my BLOG to the world… a Rhode Island mother of 2 boys… with another on the way… married to the man of my dreams… starting a company, Pinks & Blues… and knowing that I know some stuff out there that is worth sharing… after all, isn’t that what it’s all about!?

So sit back and enjoy…