A Thankless Job
Parenthood has changed many things. Some blatant and in your face, others more slight and barely noticeable. For instance, I lost many items before I had kids. The remote control, chapstick, keys, important papers, socks. Where are those open-toed pumps that go with this dress? I’d spend the better part of a morning playing hide and seek with inanimate objects.
Things are still lost. In fact, I lose my mind on a daily basis. Except I’ve now got a better system for all the shoes we’ve acquired and am instead hunting decapitated doll heads. Specifically Toby, seen here atop Barbie’s body.
I spent an impractical amount of time searching for Toby’s head. Under the couch, under beds, under tables. I emptied all of their toys into a pile and madly rifled through it’s contents. I looked on the boys’ top bunk and in closets. I broke a sweat trying to find this head because Buzz wanted it. He puts Toby’s head on everything that will fit.
Toby’s head was finally found in the very last place I looked, per usual. Relaxing face up under a blanket in my bedroom. I was so pleased with the discovery when I handed it to Buzz.
30 seconds later, the head was forsaken and Buzz lumbered off to the next thing.
At least the shoes would get worn all day once found. If they’re super cute shoes, I might receive compliments. A task well worth it. Tracking down Toby’s head didn’t even award me a thank you. If I’m going to spend all that time and effort on the hunt, I’d enjoy some appreciation. A decapitated doll head can’t find itself, you know.
I'm Crystal. A 30-something mom to 3 young kids living in the Midwest USA. When I'm not chasing my children, I'm a freelance writer and web designer. I like to tell stories from our days and share what we enjoy...
10 Responses
on July 02 2010
Haha I totally hear ya girl!!
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on July 02 2010
And it would be scary if the dollhead does find itself
Good thing they don’t – job security for us moms. Yeah…right…
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on July 02 2010
Ah I like this! My daughter sometimes very deliberately “misplaces” things in some specifically selected place one would never expect to find them in and then innocently declares “where’s XYZ?” Ever so innocently and so off I go on a mad hunt only, after a very long time, to have her get up and fetch said item from the hiding place she remembers oh so very well. Clever, funny and equally frustrating
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on July 02 2010
Wait. You only lose your mind ONCE a day? You must be wonder woman.
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on July 4th, 2010
@Jen at Momalom, Once a day, maybe, but it lasts all day until the kids go to sleep.
on July 02 2010
That Toby head on the Barbie body is too much!!!
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on July 02 2010
So true C. I spent a whole day looking for some doll and after five minutes she was in the corner. My daughter had moved on to something else. So gut-wrenching sometimes, because I could have spent that time looking for things I’ve lost and need to recover.
on July 04 2010
That picture still has me in stitches!
How true is this?! Yesterday morning found me flat on my stomach, stretching my arm as far as I could reach in the narrow gap under the stove, trying to recover a matchbox car that rolled under there, because the world would end it my son didn’t have that particular race car back in his hand right this instant. And once I pulled it out and shook off the cobwebs, he took it, murmured “Gunk you mama” and wandered off. By the time I had stood up he was playing with something completely different.
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on July 4th, 2010
@Crystal @ Semi-Crunchy Mama, I know that position well. At least he said thank you!
on July 06 2010
Try to find the zen in all those “finding” moments. For me it’s all about chanting: I will not lose my mind, I will not lose my mind, I will not lose my mind. That’s zen right?
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