The Witching Hour
Unpopular opinion.
I hate grilling. I mean, I love all the food that comes off of said grill, but I hate that at our families most stressful time my husband gets to stand in the garage cooking glorious food while I manage a fight club in our living room.
He’s waving to the neighbors and dead heading flowers and nursing a beer while I’m nursing our youngest and chasing our toddler who has somehow gotten into the pantry and opened up a mac and cheese cup.
‘Mama! Yellow snow!’
My second oldest is fighting with his older brother over something or another and I’m sweating and swearing under my breath and if I dare say something to my husband I get a response like…’I’m cooking dinner. I’m not out having fun.’
As if he’s doing some horrible chore.
What he doesn’t understand is that at this point in my life, with four kids, standing at a blazing hot grill over a slab of meat sounds like an actual vacation. One that I would even pay for because between the hours of 4:30 and 6:30 pm our kids turn into hangry, out of sorts little people who yell and fight and make messes and don’t know what to do with themselves. We call it the witching hour. But apparently it’s mostly just for me.
And when he does come in all fresh with a plate of food and smiling like the relaxed hero he is I hear…’mom’s mad.’
I never thought I’d say it. I am jealous of the griller.
Don’t even get me started on the vacation that is mowing the lawn…
Picture of my husband rubbing my feet when I was 13 months pregnant because when he finds out I hate grilling he’s going to need to be reminded that he loves me.
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