Quarantine frustrations.

I am a SAHM, so my days haven’t changed much. My husband now works from home, and that has been an adjustment. Sigh.

Today, at 3:00PM he finished work. It’s our daughter’s first birthday, so I thought he would want to hang out with her. He sits down at the kitchen table and starts restoring an old book he bought. I wonder why he is doing it in the dining room versus the office, but don’t say anything. I ask him if it’s okay if I vacuum. I know the work he is doing is tedious and I don’t want to cause stress. He says yes, I can vacuum. I vacuum for like 5 minutes. Just a small area.

...he says, “I don’t know why when I come out here it’s suddenly chaos. You spent all day FaceTiming your family and then I come out here and suddenly you have so much to do.”

Like, what?! First of all, I asked if I should vacuum. There was a reason I asked. He should have said no. Secondly, he mentioned how my “gig isn’t so bad”, referring you being a stay at home mom. How would he know? He is in the office with the door shut all day.

What he didn’t see me do:

-The dishes (twice)

-A load of laundry

- Change 4 diapers

-Cook breakfast and lunch

-Clean the high chair three times

-Sweep the kitchen

-Organize the cabinets

Must be nice to just sit down and do a hobby for 2 hours and then complain about someone being productive WHILE watching and entertaining a baby. Yet, I get yelled at.

I can’t freaking win. Quarantine sucks.