You caught me on a bad day. Most days, I'm not sure you'd get that answer. But I went through all the things I do but would rather not (blow drying my hair, packing lunches, laundry, emptying the dishwasher, commuting), and that's the one that stands out the most.
Dishes. I hate washing them, hate loading the dishwasher, hate unloading. Luckily for me, DH does allllll that (when he’s around and now the two older kids also each have a dishwashing night).
Right now, getting my hair cut and colored. My stylist is supper slow, never in any hurry, always books some hair cuts in the middle taking even longer. I dont even color much. I dont have 2+ hours to lolligag in her shop every 6-7 weeks. I dread it. But the alternative is letting the roots show, grays pop up and ends split, not ready for that.
Right now, getting my hair cut and colored. My stylist is supper slow, never in any hurry, always books some hair cuts in the middle taking even longer. I dont even color much. I dont have 2+ hours to lolligag in her shop every 6-7 weeks. I dread it. But the alternative is letting the roots show, grays pop up and ends split, not ready for that.
I hate it when my stylist books haircuts in the middle of my appointments! I try to book Monday appts instead of Thursday/Friday for this reason, because I've found it's less likely on a less popular day.
Right now, getting my hair cut and colored. My stylist is supper slow, never in any hurry, always books some hair cuts in the middle taking even longer. I dont even color much. I dont have 2+ hours to lolligag in her shop every 6-7 weeks. I dread it. But the alternative is letting the roots show, grays pop up and ends split, not ready for that.
YESSSS! I’ve always hated it. It’s a total time suck.
Scrubbing the shower and packing lunches. Updating and framing pictures. The whole photo printing process stresses me out bc I do it so infrequently that I feel I need to print all the best photos from the last year, then I’m left with no proper frames and all the printed photos sit on my hutch for another 8 months.
I used to hate grocery shopping but now we get it delivered which I love. Other shopping isn’t as bad as it used to be because it usually allows me to get out of the house without kids.
I’m going with packing lunches. I make them eat hot lunch 99% of the time but that’s not an option for summer camp.
I’m also going to say taking the kids to activities (usually basketball) in the winter. It’s always like an ice storm or -20 for some reason during basketball nights.
I soo need a personal assistant to help me pack for trips I'm TIRED of traveling. I want to curl up in my bed and chill with a good book and mint tea!!
My DH gets annoyed about how much I spend having Whole Foods delivered - but not annoyed enough to go grocery shopping himself, so I’m sticking with what’s easier for me!
Post by ilovelucyvv on Nov 13, 2019 5:09:38 GMT -5
Trying to help DD with her schoolwork and studying. She has the attention spsn of a fruit fly sometimes and it drives me crazy trying to keep her on track.
My DH gets annoyed about how much I spend having Whole Foods delivered - but not annoyed enough to go grocery shopping himself, so I’m sticking with what’s easier for me!
Not really, but we all go to the gym together and that is near the stores so it makes more sense rather than coming home to drop the kids and I off.
Right now, getting my hair cut and colored. My stylist is supper slow, never in any hurry, always books some hair cuts in the middle taking even longer. I dont even color much. I dont have 2+ hours to lolligag in her shop every 6-7 weeks. I dread it. But the alternative is letting the roots show, grays pop up and ends split, not ready for that.
I hate it when my stylist books haircuts in the middle of my appointments! I try to book Monday appts instead of Thursday/Friday for this reason, because I've found it's less likely on a less popular day.
This is a big reason I was so excited to become friends with a stylist who does hair out of her home and only does one client at a time. (She would cut one of my kids' hair while my color sets, if I ask her to.) I was spending 3 hours at a salon when my kids were babies, and I just didn't have that kind of time to waste.
I’m also going to say taking the kids to activities (usually basketball) in the winter. It’s always like an ice storm or -20 for some reason during basketball nights.
librarychica, that's mine too. Folding & putting laundry away, I hate it. So that's why I usually don't do it & there is clothes all over my bedroom floor.
Also yes, grocery shopping. I am beyond burned out of the g-store.
Oh and running the kids bath/bedtime. Totally burned out on that too.
Post by covergirl82 on Nov 13, 2019 9:53:53 GMT -5
Hmmm...as I was thinking about this, there are so many things I seem to loathe! Probably folding and putting away laundry...I also have clothes on my floor that need to be put away. I also hate cleaning up daily clutter (mail, school papers the kids bring home from school, etc.).
I finally found a root color that matches my hair, so I am back to doing it myself. Yes it is messy, but it's the Clairol root stuff so it sets in 10-15 minutes, and it's another 5 minutes to apply and 5 minutes to wash, so lets say 20-25 minutes total rather than 2 + hours at the hair salon, and I feel like she only had appointments at like 6pm at night too, so it wasn't like I could go on a Saturday or Sunday and get out of the house while the kids bother DH instead.
On the activities at night during the ice and cold and dark, we skipped dance on Monday. Thankfully because I didn't want to leave DS home alone with his concussion. DH is usually there within 15 minutes of me leaving is when he gets off his train, well his train was delayed, so he couldn't be with DS or start dinner like he usually does, so I was happy we skipped that night. Skipping basketball (his first practice) tonight due to his concussion, so I guess this is our week off. I am sure we will have some polar vortexes since I am a pessimist in that regard, and we will have other weeks off. I would rather just have nice weather though. DS is not happy because I was planning to leave him home Friday morning (no school) to go to Parent Teacher conferences and take DD to a tea party at the library, and now that he has gone and concussed himself, I told him he has to go. He is feeling fine though, I am just being cautious and waiting out that week per the doctors orders on physical activity.
The dance studio emailed me that she should do ballet level 1, um nope. I am not going to pay more money so I can go out more times in the cold and dark and ice, and ballet is her least favorite anyway. I just looked at the schedule and the classes are at the same time on Mondays, and 4:15 on Wednesdays. Ha ha not going to make a 4:15 class, are you all nuts. She says she wants to do Tae Kwan Do next year anyway lol.
I have another one. Luckily it’s only a couple more weeks, but socializing with the bitchy volleyball moms. Lord, how I despise those women. I met another mom last week (whose kids have never made a single practice) who mentioned since her girls are the only kids who don’t go to our kids’ school it’s “hard to break in with these moms”. I do wanted to tell her it’s nothing to do with the school and everything to do with these few moms.
Cleaning house: vacuuming, bathrooms, picking sh!t up, moping floors, and putting all the stuff away. So my house is a disaster because I've basically said screw it the last couple weeks. DH grew up with a twice weekly housekeeper so he makes more of a mess than actually cleans because he really doesn't know how. DD likes to clean the bathroom sometimes and does keep her room picked up so that is helpful. I'm taking my Friday off this week to clean the house, ugh. An no a housekeeper isn't in the budget, boo.
I have another one. Luckily it’s only a couple more weeks, but socializing with the bitchy volleyball moms. Lord, how I despise those women. I met another mom last week (whose kids have never made a single practice) who mentioned since her girls are the only kids who don’t go to our kids’ school it’s “hard to break in with these moms”. I do wanted to tell her it’s nothing to do with the school and everything to do with these few moms.
Oh I definitely have my version of this. She's not bitchy by any means, but she talks the entire time we're at practice, and half the reason I signed DD up was so that I could have an hour to just sit, relax and read a book. I even switched days that we go, and they switched too. She complains about everything, but she sounds rational doing it, so I end up second guessing all my decisions about DS's childcare/preschool (we're at the same DC).