Give credit where credit is due...

I will always give credit, where credit is due....and, well. This is one of those times. This blog is for all of you single moms, single dads, etc...How do you do it?? I give you all major props, for doing it all alone. I'm not sure I could do it....I guess if I had no other choice, I would, but MY WORD, it is a lot of hard work.


Chad was sick, in the bed, with the flu for 5 days. So, I was a single mom, for 5 WHOLE days :) Let's just say, if it were a test, then I didn't pass failed! Owen was clean, and fed each day. He was happy. I managed to get him and myself to school on time each day. BUT, laundry was sky high, we ate out every meal, and my house looked like those tornadoes last week, had made a detour and tore through the Painter casa. How do you do it?? How in this world, do you manage to work full time, clean, cook, do laundry, keep up with the latest Chuggington episodes (Owen won the TV battle), and still sleep and bathe? Did I mention I slept for 5 nights in a twin bed, with a 2 year old, who likes to do somersaults in his sleep??


I guess I have been taking advantage of the fact that Chad does 90% of our laundry, and is usually able to sidetrack Owen, while I cook or clean. So Chad, thank you for doing life with me...obviously my single mom skills are a HOT MESS!


So, to all of you single parents...KUDOS. You are beasts, I never knew how hard it was. Whew. Now...excuse me. I think I will go take advantage of the fact that Chad is well, and can now get out of quarantine. I think I will disappear in a bubble bath, for a few days :)