Anxious Moments by Kim Smith

Today I went to the gym to work out. It was a little rough to say the least. The baby pooped twice back to back so in a 10 minute span I had to go to the day care twice. As I was about to leave, I had to get warm water for the bottle. I went to their break room to use their microwave. Well, I didn't know how to use it because it was a new microwave. I had to ask the guy that works there, which I didn't want to do because he was a big burly dude and I felt stupid for not knowing to operate a stupid microwave. Of course the first thing he said was, "All these kids and you don't know how to operate a microwave." Now, he had a smirk on his face, so I didn't know if he was mocking me or just being a guy. Then he continued to state how I have my hands full. I think all this talk made me really anxious and I started to get nervous about every move I made, like he was watching to see how I was going to mess up next. Well, I did not disappoint. I took the bottle of water out of the microwave to put my baby bottle in it and the water spilled out on my hands to totally burn me. I tried to not make a huge reaction, but MAN DID THAT HURT! I could not even imagine what he must have been thinking now. I just looked like a royal clutz and a idiot. As, I walked out I was trying to get the stroller out of the door and slam me in the process, but Elijah was looking down at his Jedi Knight Legos to get slammed on his head by the door. Yes, it was a shining moment in my mommy history. I just thought to myself, "We need to get home before I make a bigger spectacle of myself!"
All this made me realize that from the moment people see a woman with more than one kid, people are going to expect you to do stupid things. I feel like most of the time I have got it together, but today made me realize that maybe I don't. I guess this is why mothers stay home more than going out. Not to ridiculed by passers by.