Appreciation

So what does it take for a person to be truly appreciated? I'll warn you that this is extremely one sided in the fact that I am very upset at the moment. In order to make this clear, let's recount my day. I woke up fairly late this morning (hey it is my summer break!), prepared parts of tonight's dinner, mowed the lawn, weeded the yard, prepared dinner, took care of the dogs, cleaned up after dinner, and took the garbage out. Now this evening, I was accused of not being sympathetic of those who have to wake up early and actually work at a "real" job. Now does the list I've just rattled off seem like a day of rest and relaxation? I hardly doubt anyone would agree with that statement. And then to have worked placed into women's work categories...wow, what is it, 1950? Take yet another look at the list above. How much of that is "women's" work?! I couldn't imagine what my household would look like if we stuck to our so called gender specific roles. I hate to sound liek I'm in the middle of a womens' liberation course or something but come on! Wake up!