Mom-Sized Tasks

I love it when I hear a mom refer to a task as a "mom-sized task." I think I've heard it mostly in our MOPS group, but I think it's a good phrase and should be part of the universal mom language if it isn't already.

Before becoming a mom, I probably would've rolled my eyes at the phrase, in part because I bet I would've figured a mom can do just as much, if not more, as a "regular" person (whoever that is). And I probably would've thought the phrase sounded kind of cheesy, too.

But even though it may sound cheesy (which it pretty much does), I've learned that it's okay because it immediately pinpoints the exact dimensions of the type of task I can handle now that I'm a mom. When one mom says to another, "Oh, it'll be a mom-sized task -- you can get it done for sure," that mom knows in an instant that it's something she can manageably squeeze into her already-very-tight yet not-even-resembling-orderly day.

I say all this to point out that my goal for my blog is that the task of writing new posts will be "mom-sized," and therefore a little more frequent than they were in the past.

Just for fun, I'll share what I think are some "mom-sized" tasks and some "non-mom-sized" tasks in my day today:

My Mom-Sized Tasks Today

• Posting to this blog
• Going to the bathroom

My Non-Mom-Sized Tasks Today

• Allowing my un-potty-trained two-year-old to walk around in underwear this morning
• (Attempting to) administer 6ml of amoxicillin three times per day to my three-month-old
• Preventing my beagle from raiding the kitchen trash, puking on the carpet, urinating in his kennel, or sneaking out the patio door and running away
• Showering