needs and wants

Ok, so this being my first blog post of my own, I am a bit nervous.  What if I can't write my thoughts so that even when I look back and read them, I can understand them!  I have never been good at journalling.  I teach writing for pete's sake, but can't seem to produce when I am writing my own thoughts. 
So....here goes!
I have been thinking lately about things I want to do.  Not things that I NEED to do, but things I WANT to do.  There are major differences between needs and wants.  In the past few months, being off of work and taking care of my little guy, I have learned that there are things that just have to take a backseat.  Those are the wants.  I need to feed my family, need to make sure my son is clothed and has a clean diaper and is happy.  I want to craft, to sew, to take walks and peruse the shelves at the local bookstore until my eyes burn, but there have to be priorities.  The house needs to be tidied, the clothes washed, etc.  I want to spend time with my son and play with him and teach him things, that to me is a need to do, but it is often trumped by those pesky chores at home.  So then I don't do the chores, and Mr. Reese comes home and the house isn't clean and laundry not done and "oh, what did you do all day?"   How do moms out there balance it all? 

I have to go back to teaching in the fall, due to those things that we need to do, like pay the bills.  I so desperately want to stay home with my little man, but can't.  Then the thought of going back to work, coming home each night to take care of cooking, cleaning, feeding the family, and then having so little time to spend with the baby and my husband is killing me.  If I can't get it all done now, how the heck am I supposed to do it while working full time as well?

I now NEED to go take care of the baby, which is exactly what I WANT to do.  Sometimes I can have my cake and eat it too.