Tornado in a Capsule

The weather all over the country has been less than ideal, depending on who you ask. Today in our city of Raleigh, we have been under tornado watches since this morning. The good news, none have touched down in our area as of 9:26 when the warning expired on 9pm. I write this as I look out of the window to make sure. I have seen the scariest clouds turn all sorts of colors and different vairations of movement pass over the area within the last few hours, very creepy to say the least. I did my tornado dance (the dance where I look like a Jedhi as I move my hands in a way that shows I have power and can release the tornado into a magic capsule left to dissolve on its own). I know it works because I tried it in April during a major tornado and I still have the capsule to prove it and not a single shutter fell off the house. However today, I should have done the rain dance a bit, as a shutter did come down from a downpour earlier. To my credit, I was not home when it happened. I of course was at......you guessed it: WORK : )

Okay so in between tornado warnings and watches and getting home safely, all five of us, the homework woes begin. My youngest went into a tyriad becasue she accidently forgot/left/disregarded her spelling list at school. My son was irritated at my youngest daughter's tyriad because he now has to listen to her while trying to do his homework. I am cooking dinner, a mediocre dinner at that (i wont even mention what is was, but i will be in the grocery store tomorrow pronto). Okay, we had hotdogs, rice, and black beans (they had hotdogs, i gave up on meat in January, slowly weening the family off of it). Yes the cupboard is bare, but not for long. A Super mom knows how to fix a meal with the bare minimum. I learned this from my grandmother very well.

My eldest daughter, Heaven, (yes she is God's child, can you believe people tried to talk me out of naming her such a precious name, the place where most people want to go) snags me right after dinner as I am typing away at the computer working on, you guessed it: WORK. She has a science scavanger hunt for homework. I am looking outsite like you must be kidding. The sky is looking like something out of a movie. Dad goes out on one attempt and immeadiately hands the project over. So, In my Super mommy imaginary cloak, we go out side. Super moms know how to collect monocots, dicots, sporous seedlings,leaf from a perinneal cotyledones, pollen filled flowers, leaf from a conifer, and a small part of anything that has chloryphyll in it in 5 minutes in tornadic weather. To boot we put them in a pretty mason jar with a pretty orange ribbon tied around it : )

Oh, I forgot to mention that we accidently got locked out of the house and stood outside for 10 minutes (as everyone had retreated upstairs) before we were rescued from the elements outside. S/N, the clouds eventually passed over, good thing the tornado was tucked and locked in the magic capsule : )

Super Mom

Mothering while Working

The Aha moment finally happened (for about the 100th time) and revealed some much needed creative direction and focus In my quest at being the world's greatest working-mom (if there is such a thing). I desire to make the absolute most of it and balance the whole life-work-balance act! I am enlisting the help of all supermoms, acrobats, fortune 500 executive moms, mompreneurs, and the like to aide me in this great calling and mission. I will no longer feel guilty about leaving my children in the morning and returning late in the evening to sad faces or desperate pleas to "tuck me in", but I will now embrace my temporary position in life as a working mom and meet it with great vigor, enthusiasm, and a willingness to superceded this great challenge. When I say challenge, I must clarify, this is a labor of love as I dont take my family for granted. I am not alone in this journey. My wonderful better half is an entrepreneur with a flexible schedule which makes a perfect partenrship for raising a healthy, happy, and beautiful family!

Okay so what's the issue? My issue is that as a working mom of course you have to deal with leaving your children to the world of school and life while you work for someone else (doing the work of 2 or more people) at the expense of negating some household duties, preparing quality meals, homework instruction, quality time and parenting, and some wifey duties (I'm too tired). However, does all have to be sacrificed? No, not at all! With careful planning, intention, effort, with a strong willingness and desire to maintain quality, very little if anything has to be neglected. I have committed to uping the ainty on my motherly duties such to the point that I will become expert. Not expert by public validation, but by the validation (or lack thereof) by my own family.

So, I embark on this journey to chronicle my efforts at being the SUPER working-mom! I am a wonderful mom (if i do say so myself and so do my children). I intend to master this common phenomenon of working while mothering, managing awesome children, a husband, and a household. Wish me well, I 'll keep you posted : )

Yes I CAN!!!!!!!!!!!