I Run A Tight Ship

So a week has passed, of which I (mostly) got to run my own home.

What bliss.

I have come to the discovery that I actually run a tight ship.

It is when all the mothers are here that things go awry.

You see it works like this - I think Mother is going to do x. Mother thinks I will do Y. Mother-in-Law (MIL) thanks we will both do Z.

So we end up with nothing being done and everyone blaming the other for not doing things. Or for feeling pissed of because they end up doing everything. I call it the XYZ syndrome: nobody does anything or one and everyone is pissed off at each other for not doing anything.

It's actually a little bit easier alone.

Being alone, I know that it will be up to me to do XYZ, so I have a routine, which I stick to religiously. And it works for the kids.

The house was tidy, the kids were quiet and played (mostly) nicely with each other. The food was made on time, the kids were bathed and put to bed early enough so that hubby and I could have normal conversations with each other at night.

(I do have a slight bit of cabin fever though.)

This has decided it for me.

We have to sell the townhouse so I can get some money and build a cottage on the property two move the parents into their own space.

There is a reason why you leave your parents house and get your own!!

It is called growing up and becoming independent...