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I HAVE FOUND IT!

Post reblogged from Need. To Survive.

eclaggs:

I have discovered the breaking point. The point at which I fail. Loudly.

How in the mother-effing hell do single, full-time working parents keep up with the homework and studying of two children - one of which is ADHD and anxiety-riddled?

There is not enough time in the day to get home, fix dinner, get 2 kids-worth of homework done, take showers and then sit to study for tests on Mesopotamian culture and ratio/proportion math stuffs without losing your confidence as a parent and human.

It’s 11:00.

In the past four hours, I cooked. I drove my kids to their mom’s and back so they could get stuff they needed. Twice. I wrestled with my youngest and her friend’s dog. I had an important talk with my oldest about understanding how she thinks and how it makes her feel and how it will never change and how she needs to realize that’s okay and how it all feels detrimental right now but that she can use it to her advantage the sooner she accepts all of that and accepts who she is instead of fighting it and yes it felt just like this sentence reads. I helped study for a seventh-grade test on Ancient Greece, its different forms of government and the origin/downfall of each. I helped study for a seventh-grade test on the human skeletal structure. I helped sign up for sophomore Honors English, Honors Writing, Honors Algebra II, Honors Chemistry, Show Choir, Spanish I, Printmaking and Intermediate Weightlifting. I explained the probable Republican candidate in the 2012 election more than likely believes in magic underwear.

It’s 11:00.

I still have to write three brand manifestos/anthems, an intro to an employee brand book, an ad about commodities logistics and arbitrage, twenty-ish pages of copy revisions for a website, a brand manifesto/anthem that will double as a script for an anthem video for another client, and a rationale for an upcoming TV campaign.

I came over to Tumblr to scroll through a few pages while I mentally worked through my gameplan on accomplishing all of this. Then I found this post. E is the strongest, most resolute person I know. If she’s conceding to failure, I’m fucked.

This makes me want to just turn on Episode 5 of Season Three of Breaking Bad, grab a bowl of Trader Joe’s Vanilla Bean Creme Jo-Jos, gain fifteen pounds and lose one job.