Back when I was in the corporate world, I thought I was a bo$$. Seriously, I would come home all the time and talk about how much work I was doing, how hard it was being a woman with such a demanding career all while being “mom”. I thought I was out there #KILLINGIT. And sure, maybe I was but hear me out….

GOING TO WORK IS EASY. YOU KNOW WHAT’S NOT EASY? STAYING AT HOME WITH KIDS… SPECIFICALLY, TODDLERS. CAN I BE HONEST FOR A SECOND? CAN WE NORMALIZE THE FACT THAT TODDLERS CAN BE JERKS?

Seriously, work is not that difficult. ADULTS are easy. Someone at work irritating me? You know what I do? I walk away. I put my EarPods in. Someone send me a distasteful email? I send a passive aggressive corporate email back (with exclamation points of course).

You know who you can’t walk away from? TODDLERS.

You know who you can’t argue with? TODDLERS. (Have you ever actually tried to argue with a toddler? It really doesn’t work. trust me. it will not stop).

You know who you can’t send a passive aggressive e-mail to? TODDLERS.

I’m not kidding. I used to think staying home was a joke! JOKES ON ME. I step on a HotWheels no matter the fact I clean the house every minute of every day. I go the the bathroom only to be followed. I am challenged on how the lunch plate is organized on a daily basis. And trying to work at home? You can forget it. I get halfway through a paragraph or an article before I am summoned to change the television from Ryan’s World to Collins Key (that’s a whole separate blog post. I will never understand why kids want to watch other kids open toys).

My point is, I used to think staying home was a cake walk. I love it when life proves me otherwise. Definitely the greatest challenge yet.. ;)

This is just a usual day, but the next ones are the real kickers. When do kids learn to take one bite of something and sit it down? I just redid this corner of my house! The trashcan is literally 5 feet from that bench!

The amount of Honest juiceboxes around my house is just comical at this point. How do you guys solve this issue? That’s all for now. You moms who stay at home are the G.O.A.T.! I just count down the hours until I can hit the spout on the good ‘ol box of wine on top of my fridge.