you know it's bad when...

I'm fairly confident when I say that it's common knowledge being a stay-at-home-mom is no "walk in the park." It's a much tougher job than it seems, and although there are definite "plusses" such as wearing your pajamas all day if you so desire, the reason behind wearing your pajamas all day has much more to do with the fact that you're likely just too exhausted to get dressed or can't exactly find the time and much less to do with the fact that you're enjoying a pajama party at home.

And here's a sign when you need to recruit the troops, call on the in-laws if you must, do whatever you need to in order to arrange for some quality alone time...

and I say this with love for my friend :-) ...

If you find yourself making requests at story time for certain toddler songs, shouting out a request for that certain song where "they're on the way to Minneapolis, drivin' in my car...", feeling that you'd really like to hear that song, that would serve as a little "pick-me-up" for you...

maybe you need a break...

We all need a break every now and again...look for the signs (for there are many and you can usually discover many signs by merely watching me any given day ;-), and take some well-deserved time for yourself! After all, we're better moms when we take care of ourselves too :-)