Dinner Mania

The evening hours from 4-7 are the most chaotic hours of my day. It takes me at least an hour (not including shopping and creating menus) to prepare dinner. And as a women, I put a lot of effort into dinner. Every day I try my best to have the house picked up and the kids happy by the time Sean walks through the door. And within a half an hour of Sean walking through the door, I try my best to have dinner ready and on the table. Hot. Hots a key point here. Cause the hour preceeding sean walking through the door is complete chaos. Kids are melting down, tired from there day, sooo hungry they can't possibly imagine waiting 1 more hour for food, asking every 2 minutes when Dads gonna be home, and when they can eat. Yet, in their exaustion there's a certain hype level, that I haven't been able to figure out quite yet. Maybe its the fact they haven't seen there dad for 9 hours, maybe its low sugar levels, maybe its the possibility of dessert after dinner.....but they are crazed. And I am crazed. I tend to be an over achiever, so having the house perfect when Sean walks in is very important to me. So in a whirlwind I sweep through the house, prepare dinner, set the table, clean up from making dinner, clean the kitchen (i like it to look like i haven't put any effort into making anything, not right, but I have issues I need to work on).....

So all this to put a hot, clean, delicious dinner out for it to be consumed and dumped, and spilt, and thrown, in less than 15 minutes.....

I'm back to square one....whats the friggin point???