In which mom is starting to go a little bat shit crazy over here

You ever just get fed up with the bullshit attitudes in your home?

My family has been quarantining for over a year now since before COVID really hit our state. We had to – my surgeon demanded that we do it to make sure that I wouldn’t get sick before or after my surgeries. But now that it’s a whole year later…this shit is starting to get to us.

My kids haven’t played with other kids except for their cousin one a week since May of last year. They are sick of each other and they are definitely sick of us. I don’t really know how to fix that problem right now. Most kids in our area are being held in lockdown as COVID ravages our city. And I don’t blame those parents same as I don’t blame myself for keeping my kids isolated.

We just can’t risk it.

We already had a really close call late last year when we made the decision to see family members for the holidays. Somehow, by the grace of God, we didn’t get sick – but damn near everyone else did. And seriously so. We huddled back down in our home from that point on having learned our lesson.

But as I wake up to arguing and bad attitudes today I can tell you that I am not sure how much longer this shit can go on. My kids are getting combative. Their life is online school, each other. They get to play outside and then watch a minimal amount of tv. And then its lather, rinse and repeat until Sunday.

Sunday is one of our favorite days of the week. It’s the day when Puffin (their cousin) and his mom (my sister which we will call Aunty T) come over for some much needed together time. They live far out in the country and are so isolated during the week that we are sometimes the only people they get to see for long periods of time and they drive about 40 minutes or so to be able to come see us.

It’s usually the same every week though. They get here, the kids go wild and the screaming and playing begins and goes on for hours. Husband, Aunty T, and myself usually watch movies or play video games. We order food to be delivered for the adults as a special treat for ourselves. Boyfriend watches the kids and makes them food and then comes to play with us or retreats to his room. Its become a Sunday ritual for us.

This past Sunday we started the Paleo diet – just Aunty T, Husband and myself. It really was only supposed to be me but the others joined in to help me through it. I had received my first round of blood tests back and found that my cholesterol was slightly higher than it should be. So my doctor advised that this was the diet she wanted me to be on. We meal prepped on Sunday instead of staying lazy and I am pretty proud of the results. We made enough food for us for the next four days’ worth of meals and it has been easy to follow within the guidelines. It helps that Aunty T was a wizard in the kitchen and was able to organize how and when everything should be cooked right away.

I was put on chopping duty. It was the best decision. I’m hopping to put our meal plan up here on the website. I think it was a good plan all around and simple to make. Cooking all the meat was probably the only real time-consuming part but it was made easier by my insta-pot.

Seriously, if you don’t have one, invest.

Now if fixing the attitudes in my home would be so easy as throwing them in a pot and pressing a couple of buttons then life would be so grand.

I swear, the amount of raise voices in my home is driving me bat shit. We just simply do not have enough to do around here to keep everyone separated and in a good mood.

We are sick of each other.

Is COVID over yet?