SUPERWOMAN

Do you have one of those days when your just like.."i honestly cant do it anymore" ...you know...the wife..the mother..the working woman...the student..etc??

Sometimes i think..God did us in as women coz much as He created us to be partners with men...we often find ourselves doing all the work...i remember my sister telling me this..."wah, i feel like am loosing it...and i havent even started on dinner" then i would laugh about it coz im like who looses it just coz dinner is not set?

Well, that was until i found myself playing the role of mother and wife and hotshot reporter..."combination whatagwaaan" as some radio presenter would say...i mean, how do you wake up at 6am, prepare breakfast and iron the dudes clothes at the same time prepare for work..make sure the housegal has her orders about the baby..go to work...clock your 8-5 or 8-9 in the jobo...come back home ready to do the mother and wife thing at home? Seriously???

It is at this point that i give a thumbs up to all those in diaspora who have to do it all without a housegal..yes..they have the dishwasher and washing machine and vacuum cleaner but put a baby and the strange working attitude out there and you realize that we here in Kenya actually have it easy...

Back to me..so it was one of those days...scratch that...actually its kinda like its everyday now..when i just had it...everyone just had to jipanga...of course except baby coz she is innocent in all of this... i remember screaming...i have never done that...everyone in the house nyamazad! yap..i had reached my threshold.

That was when it occurred to me that contrary to Alicia's song...i ain't no superwoman...i cannot do it all...something's got to give...

Amazing what wonders that realization does to your well being...after the screaming incident i took a long hard look at the way i was living..it became apparent that it is not going to help anyone if i collapsed from stress so i needed to take it easy...

First was to have "the talk" with the man...be a little more strict with the maid...and actually follow blogmama's advice on some tactics to get baby to sleep longer during the night so i get some sleep in return...this one is tricky if you have a boss from hell but you also have to ask the boss to cut u some slack...or maybe just say no to overtime and favors for colleagues. Working smart has to be a rule of thumb.

Now this way of life is not limited to mama's...i think any woman has this day...make sure u take it slow...no point in adding to the stats of more younger people getting heart attacks.