Noticings

Lately I've noticed that I've been given the excuse of having two small children at home.  I personally haven't used it but when I say why I don't do certain things... like shop search for deals at Goodwill, someone will say, "Well you've got two small babies..."  Well I do have two small babies but I CAN but I don't want to.  I realize that having a baby is a time sucker.  You spend a lot of time taking care of the baby but it isn't a valid excuse for not getting things done.  I can do almost all of the stuff that I used to before baby, it just might take 5 times as long.   We go shopping, out to dinner, to friends houses, etc.  I also don't think that having two is too much different than one (except it is a little difficult to run errands alone if you have to feed them by yourself while out), but I've never just had one.  So I guess I'm wondering if I should start using the excuse... ha ha or why having children makes people think you can't do anything?

Lately I've noticed that I get called Sweetie a lot.  I don't know what it is but in the last week I was referred to as Sweetie almost once a day.  Well a couple of times by a female co-worker, a waitress, a Starbucks barista and jokingly by a friend.  I'd like to point out that the waitress and barista were obviously younger than me.  It makes me feel young, not a good young but a condescending young.  It brings me back to when my first principal called me kid.