It’s occurred to me today that being at home when the small ones are at school is enough to send the sanest of people a little bit mad.
Ok, ok, the fact I could ever be declared completely sane and normal is a debatable point.
You know that film, Shirley Valentine, where the lead character, Shirley, has her walls to talk to every day?
“Hello, walls!”
There comes a certain point when you start to sympathise with her and know exactly where’s she coming from.
Things you might catch yourself doing when no-one else is around:
– putting some silly music on while you’re doing the housework and doing the dance moves to them.
– Reading your magazine upside down a’la Luna Lovegood in the Harry Potter series.
– talking out loud to yourself (it’s only when you start to answer yourself back or have an argument with yourself you need to start worrying. Apparently.)
Or doing things that make you question your sanity such as having a cup of tea and forgetting to take the teabag out, then wondering why it tastes so strong.
Only realising why when you get to the bottom and find the offending teabag, Doh.
Or looking everywhere for a loaf of bread you’ve just bought, and finding it the next day under the sink with the dishwasher tablets and the washing powder. Ermmmm..Suddenly that wall talking thing is starting to look a lot saner than I thought back when I first watched it…
Brilliant post! I can totally relate to how you feel. I am a stay at home Mum to three small (school age) children and I often find that I am talking to myself. Funny, it was only the other day I actually thought of Shirley Valentine too!
Found you on the mid week blog hop 🙂 I myself am a stay at home mum, i find myself missing adult conversation a lot, i wonder how i stay sane sometimes lol x
You mean it’s NOT normal???
Oops…
Well, I’ve been a SaHM for …. my God, 13 years! Um, well, I can tell you it’s normal to talk to, and answer, yourself by this stage in your motherhood. Sometimes it’s the only intelligent conversation you can have.
As to the other things, I’ve done most of them at one point or another, sometimes with the kids even. Just go with the flow and enjoy the insanity.
Stopping over from the mad midweek blog hop! I’m a new mum and a stay at home mum too. I often joke about spending the day ‘essentially talking to myself’, so I can already relate! Look forward to reading more of your posts!
Haha this is brilliant! I talk to my 9 month old about literally anything. I’m sure he looks at me like “mummy, please shut up”
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This made me lol!! I have actually found myself doing most of these
I stayed at home for 5 years, went back for 2 and as of three weeks ago am off again. I’ve got the kids home for summer so I have them as full-time company for the next two months, but I’m looking forward to talking to the walls again come September!
What a great post! I am a SAHM too and when my older kids are at school I’ll talk to my 5mth olD, myself…even the plant getS a wee chat “Would you like some water? Are you thirsty? Your looking a little withered!” lol!
But now the kids are off for the summer I’ll always have a tiny person to chat too! Roll on September though, lol!
Thanks for linking up with this weeks Mad Mid-Week Blog hop! xx
I was ironing this morning and having one of my ‘conversations’. You know the ones where you’re giving it large to someone else, and winning!? Lily was in her room playing and asked who I was talking to, and was totally bemused by my reply of, “I’m talking to myself” I know she was really thinking, “Nut job”!