I have discovered I don't know who I am anymore! It is very odd.
My sweet husband took our 2 oldest for a camping trip last weekend. I was left with our 2 littlest ones. Awesome!
That is what I thought. I thought I could finally get some stuff done with them napping or watching Dora. Didn't quite happen. Oh, they napped and watched Dora, but I didn't know what to do. I was at a total loss of what stuff I could finally do with out the demands of my 4 kiddos.
It hit me that I am so busy always taking care of things for my family, that when I am without them, I am bored! Really? BORED?
I had already done the grocery shopping, I had already done the laundry, I had already cleaned the house. What did I do? Looked over our budget... played a computer game... watched Dora... ate chocolate... looked over our budget again.. browsed the internet for nothing in particular... watched Maisy... played another computer game... ate some more chocolate...watched Baby Einstein and did some Sudoku puzzles.
I finally did muster up enough things on a shopping list to go to Wal-mart. We spent 2 hours there, trying to kill time. We were almost ready to leave when the shopping cart went over my 2 year old's toe. We had to leave everything and run to the clinic to get it taken care of. It did not need stitches, thankfully, but it was close. Finally I felt like I had something REAL to do.
Who would have thought I'd be grateful for an emergency trip to the doctor? Who would have thought I'd have nothing to do without kids? I always dream of having just a 5 minute break... I get a 2 day break and I am completely bewildered?!?!
Oh, well, we are back to our non-boring, busy life, so... I guess I am glad?!?
3 comments:
I had a whole week off in June. I wasn't bored because of my knitting and spinning, but it was weird. It's not like you can really start a hobby in only two days, especially if you have to abondon it right after for who knows how long?
I don't have kids to keep me busy, but when Kim's are gone, I feel kind of the same way...but it's great to get the house cleaned and have it stay that way for more than5 minutes.
It was slightly disturbing to me when I realized I had no hobbies anymore. People would say "your family is your hobbie". Poppie Cock. I thought that was a cop-out. Life has been so "busy" that I've been able to move on and it doesn't bother me so much anymore. I know, great comment.
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