Until now, I always got by on my own
Being a mom is interesting. Aside from the poop and boogers and vomit and strange objects scattered throughout my house the mere act of being takes a good amount of adjustment. For me in particular I am a loner. I like being alone. I like being with my thoughts. I am a classic textbook boring introvert. I'm not shy, I'm not timid, I just like being alone because being alone is comforting and relaxing and recharging and I don't have to worry about being judged for saying the wrong thing, wearing the wrong thing, or being "too much" of whatever is not desirable to others. But when you're a mother you are never alone. I have kids hanging off me from the moment I wake up until the moment I can finally allow my head to hit my pillow. When my children are at my parents house I worry about them being fed garbage for 3 hours and then having to talk them down from their sugar induced insanity. When I am at work I worry about if my husband remembered to pack our s...