Wine, Women and Song

A quick Google search reveals that more than 15 countries have their own version of this hedonistic turn of phrase. Hedonistic? Not anymore. This is my version… my necessities for surviving motherhood.

1. Wine.  Not necessarily wine, you can pick your own ‘poison’ here.  For the non-drinkers you may wish to hit the full-strength soft drink over the diet variety.  But I can tell you that an occasional vino with my beloved after a bad day is positively restorative.

2. Women.  Not the ones at Playgroup that insist on making child development a competitive sport. (Ohhhh…isn’t Fred/George/Ginny crawling yet?) I’m talking about our cry-on-the shoulder best friends, our close female relatives, our ‘heard you were sick, here’s a casserole’ neighbours, and even our only-know-you-through-Facebook/Baby Forums-but-I-totally-get-you friends.  This is where our super-powers lie as women.  When the batteries are low they can recharge us with equal parts of sympathy and witticism.  And sometimes a bit of a push to get us back into our mummy orbits.


3. Song.  This one’s too easy.  Having a bad day?  Want to make a good one better?  Find a song you love.  Turn it up.  On the iPod if small people are sleeping.  Sing it loud or mouth it animatedly. Anything from Hi-5 to thrash metal is acceptable because it’s only for you and only for 3-4 minutes.  Unless you’re listening to Hey Jude.  A word of warning:  Your 3 year old WILL repeat the one song line that has ‘ass crack’ in it for a few days (this actually happened to me) but everyone survives.