Just Our First World Problems

…you are irritated that you have to potty train someone else’s 4 and 1/2 year old, because they didn’t get to it.

…it takes you a moment to remember the name of a kid that lives with you.

…you are so tired you realize you took a shower and forgot to use soap.

…you feel like you will never get to go on a date with your husband again.

…your 5 year old is instantly the third youngest instead of the baby. Wait, now make that the fourth youngest.

…you are suddenly in need of babysitters, because these kids can’t be left with your teenager.

…you realize after arriving at your children’s choir concert that your son has on suit pants 2 inches too short and is wearing mismatched black dress shoes. And you think “Oh well, they are lucky they got here at all.”

…you now have 7 twin beds instead of 3. So with 8 twin sheet sets, you are out of luck if 2 kids puke or wet their sheets on the same night.

…you aren’t told the toddlers living with you have recently been in the hospital for 2 weeks.

…the case worker makes a poor decision for a child that results in a later move.

…you don’t know a child is allergic to blueberries before you give her a fruit cup.

…you learn more from the therapist and showing up at court than you do from the case worker.

…you have to take 2 vehicles if everyone in the family needs to be at the same place at the same time.

…you are so tired of having cranky kids because the new ones wake yours up early every morning.

…you don’t know who they mean when they are crying for “Mommy” or “Daddy” since they call all four of you by those names.