Duty of Dishes

I wasn't really sure what life would be like once I became a stay-at-home dad. I knew there'd be lots of diapers and bottles but that's pretty much it. One thing I certainly didn't expect was the amount of dishes I would wash on a daily basis.

Since we are trying to save money, we wait until after 8:00 each evening before turning on the dishwasher. Also, since we are trying to save money, we prepare and eat all our meals here at home. Furthermore, since none of the stupid baby food containers are recyclable, we wash them all and reuse them around the house. All this creates a perpetual mound of dirty pots, pans, plastic cups, and plates of all sizes.

I wake up in the morning and go straight to work on the dishes. During the day, I'm continually juggling things from the dishwasher to the drying rack to cabinet and back again. At night, I load up the dishwasher once more and set it to go once 8:00 hits.

I'm not really complaining - I'm just surprised at how much dishes are part of the stay-at-home dad reality.

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