I got skills...

they just aren't marketable. Not of much use anywhere outside my home. Nor do they bring in a dime. These were not skills I possessed before motherhood. They are not skills you see required or wanted in job listings. They are however necessary and sanity saving.
1) I am crazy good at basic drawing on a magna doodle.
2) I have memorized every word to 'Goodnight Moon' and 'The Going to Bed Book'.
3) I can transform any great bag into an overnight duffle stocked with diapers, clothes, toys, snacks, juice. But, I do miss those bags.
4) I can sing Happy Birthday to every neighbor, the trashman, snow, bumblebees, potties. You name it and I have wished it/them a happy birthday.
5) I can eat lunch at 10:30 and dinner at 4:15.
6) I can fold the same blankets, pants, and shirts 17 times a day. Our clean laundry still sits in the basket. Who has time to fold real laundry when you can fold the same clean things from drawers and closets?
7) I can hold conversations on calculators and remote controls. Without a split personality. Okay maybe just a couple of new ones.
8) I can wipe a snotty nose on my bare hand and then on my jeans. In public.
9) I can play Candyland and Memory in five minute stints, 26 times a day.
10) I will wear a swimsuit in February to a pool party.
11) I can do all these mind numbing, embarrassing things and then some. Every day. All day. And still wake up loving that sweet little munchkin face, knowing I would do anything to make her smile and feel loved by her mommy.