It's a Mom's Life.

Happy Mother's Day to all the wonderful, patient, loving, beautiful moms out there! (Special shout-out to my own special mama- love you!) This day always makes me think about how crazily amazing women are- especially moms. All the mothering (i.e. the cooking, cleaning, sacrificing, care giving, whine-enduring, multi-tasking, schedule-coordinating, and disciplining)...it just seems so exhausting. Luckily I won't have to worry about any of that for a while. Well, at least the cooking part. The rest is debatable thanks to a boyfriend, roommate, and two pups.

Speaking of exhausting, this week has been one for the books. Wednesday was Cinco de Mayo so a couple of fab ladies at work decided it was margarita time! (Virgin, of course. A marg, even a good one, is not worth a spot in the unemployment line.) While on the topic I would like to point out the hand-crafted (not by me) sombrero that was the centerpiece for our Cinco festivities. I was pretty excited to momentarily relive the olden days when some tin foil and a handful of pipe cleaners somehow got transformed into a masterpiece. (Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.) I actually envy my elementary school teacher friends solely because they get to do arts and crafts on a daily basis. Their job would be much more appealing if it did not involve twenty plus children under the age of ten. Or maybe that is the appeal? Either way, Teacher's Appreciation Day should be a much more popular holiday.

Anyway.

After clocking a ten-hour day at the SH, I turned my metaphorical trucker cap around Over-the-Top style and headed to my other gig at The Shed. Hype Pix got hired on to do our first third-party event for 654-Limo's 7th Anniversary Party. Slam Dunk. The pictures were fantastic thanks to our amazing photographers and even-better subjects. You would be surprised how many people are anxious to look ridiculous (myself included). Then pay money to showcase the evidence in an 8x10. Amazingness.

After a long evening at the party it was up again for another day at the office, followed by a fundraising event for Shelter House.

Followed by another night of less-than-ample sleep.

And another day of work.

Fast-forward to Friday night when I was peeled off the couch and carried to bed. At approximately 9pm. Rock star.

The rest of the weekend involved fun with friends, the first soccer game of the summer season, a Mother's Day movie (Date Night, finally) and lunch at Bonefish (winner by unanimous decision). After enjoying delicious food with Nick, his mom Jodie, her boyfriend Jesse, and their neighbor Caroline it was back to the casa for a little R&R. Except that I decided (unintentionally) that I would spend the remainder of my day doing all things "motherly" instead. The next three hours included lots of laundry, vacuuming, sweeping, and the grooming of my own two furry children. (Which, according to Nick's four-year-old little sister Juju, qualify me for Mother's Day.)

So what did my little family do while I worked tirelessly?



That's right. They all three took a nap.

So to all you wonderful mothers out there... I hope you enjoyed your breakfast in bed, musical greeting cards, flowers, and hand-crafted gifts. Cheers to knowing that you will have to do your own breakfast dishes, cut and water your own roses, and probably pay for your own present. But chances are, you didn't even notice. And that is why you are wonderful.