PMS in the burbs

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Every five weeks or so I get Suburbia PMS.
It builds up gradually and then I find myself with a full blown case of it.
What is Suburbia PMS? It's when a city girl has waited too long to get her day in the city and it shows!

It's when I can't stand to drive another minute anywhere, I just want to walk.
It's when I'm sitting at my daughter's gym class in a waiting room, surrounded by mothers who thrive on being uber surbuban moms and I just want to run.
It's when my workout doesn't make me feel like I've released any negative energy.

It's when I find my Wednesday afternoons of picking up the  three kids from school, feeding them their snack, getting them into the car, taking son #1 to karate with the other two in the waiting room, then getting everyone into a car to get them to a speed dinner, then getting them into the car to get son #1 to basketball, then taking the other two home for their baths, then putting them back in the car to pick up son #1 from basketball and then doing the bedtime routine for all three of them....too much!

It's when I feel the incredible desire to just see what's going in the world outside of my zipcode! What are they talking about in the city I wonder? What are they wearing? What app are they using this week?
It's when my sons punch each other for the 10th time that day and I just yell at the top of my lungs "what's wrong with you?" and of course they're looking at me like "what's wrong with you?" ...What's wrong with me is that I have Suburbia PMS!

Of course the never ending snow days are not helping my case! But the truth is, it's not the kids, it's not hubbie, it's not the snow....it's me. I need my dose of city life and I need it now!!!!!
Hubbie are you reading this?

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