Something to complain about

I feel like typing up something controversial really quickly.

Motherhood is hard. I wasn't exactly a clean person to begin with, but being a mother makes me try so much harder, and it really makes things all that more difficult because now instead of just me making the mess, I have two little people PLUS another big person to clean up after, including myself. It's tough.

And then on top of it, I never have time to really pursue what I want to do. I can get some domestic things done when I'm with both children, but as for homework....not so much, and everything else I have to scoop up in my spare time which is rare. I get little moments when Mark will take Marilyn to daycare or when I wake up extra early, but evening time is more or less family time or time to spend with Mark. And as much as it would sometimes be nice to brush that aside, those are things that I really should not and will not shirk off at. So, inevitably, the loss has to come from somewhere, and it is in my spare time and my school time.

Another thing I want to complain about is the welfare system. Now, think what you will, but it is truly work just being in the system. They never get anything done on time or by whenever you need it, no matter how much time you give them in advance. You still will have to call a few times and occassionally track down the higher-ups numbers in order to get what you need. And then, if you don't do anything exactly correct, they screw you big time. And there isn't a walkthrough or a guide or anything else, you just have to learn the ropes on your own or through the help of someone who has already been there and done that before. It's awful. On top of all of that, they schedule your meetings for times that are highly incovenient for anyone. I go to school, so I had to take off today, because I have an appointment. The other appointment time that I could have been given would have been at 9am in the morning, which isn't so bad, but on a Monday morning on the first of the month, at essentially the crack of dawn with two children, there was no way I was even going to attempt that sort of endeavor. So I settled for a one o'clock in the afternoon appointment. And I have to leave at noon.

Ugh.