When you

When you dealt with kids since 6 a.m. never awakening the other adult early. When you got everyone dressed and ready to go When you handwashed dishes twice And did 5 loads of laundry And signed the kids up for their fundraiser And started putting away summer clothes And sent the kids to the bus And took the toddler to preschool And picked up the 10 year old from school And took him to the dentist. And took him to school And had one blessed hour alone-in which you checked work email And picked the toddler up. And went to the store for Tampons And went home And watched the toddler And unclogged the vacuum And Vacuumed And made the bed And straightened the livingroom And checked the bills And then got online to work overtime And went and got everyone dinner so the kids could participate in the school fundraiser and continued to chat with the three-year-old and then you get bitched at for spending money on tampons at Walgreens And you get bitched at because the three year old went out the front door when the other adult was five feet away, and you think, maybe, this is all a little ridiculous. And he will come to you with lust, imagining you could feel the same, though he rarely showers or wears products for freshness, or even brushes his teeth without a reminder, And all you feel like is a maid and whore (since that is what he likes to say when he is just a little unhealthy), and you wish your body would turn to stone beneath his touch.