29 (Not So Put-Together) Truths

Yesterday at pre-school pick-up I joked about how my baby wasn't wearing any socks.   It was kind of chilly outside and she should have been wearing socks.  The story goes that when I picked up the baby and headed out to the car with her, I noticed, in the car, that she only had 1 sock on.  So instead of taking in a baby with only 1 sock, I took the other one off so it might look like I meant to do that... I know the whole thing sounds ridiculous now but at the time it made sense.

I commented to the mom "I thought that if she didn't have any socks on, as opposed to one, I would look more put-together."  and she said back "Oh, you always look so put-together!" To which I chuckled and stated that I am rarely put-together.

So, whether she was just being kind or appearances are truly that deceiving, I don't know, but I've decided to give 1 truth every day for 29 days (in honor of my 29th birthday at the end of this month). They will let you know just how not put-together I am... even though I might look very put-together (somedays).

So after much contemplation and feeling comforted that if these truths get out CPS will not take my children away since they are, in fact fed, housed, healthy, clothed, and very much so loved - I'm going to be very vulnerable and let you know go ahead and *eek* judge me.

Either by the end of this you will come to realize that we're all a hot mess or you'll just find that I'm a hot mess.  But please, oh, please don't let me be the only one who lives like this!

So here we go...

Truth #1 

I have been sleeping without a pillow case on my pillow for the past 3 nights because my baby peed out of her diaper in her pack 'n play.  My husband stripped her bed but didn't lay anything else down over the mattress (like a blanket, sheet, cover... etc...  okay, another truth, we just lay a crochet blanket over her pack 'n play mattress and it hasn't been washed yet from the pee)...  So, I thought she might want something that smelled familiar to lay on, so I laid my pillow case down on her mattress for her to sleep on...  (for the 3 hrs a night she actually sleeps in her own bed).   

So you see, I'm not so put-together after all....

Stay tuned for tomorrow's Not So Put-Together Truth.

Do you have any Not So Put-Together Truth's you'd like to share to make me feel a tad better?