Dropped Tim and the kids off at the airport today. I won’t be seeing them until Saturday morning when I fly into Buffalo myself for a family wedding. I thought I was going to be more of an emotional basket case, but since we were (of course) running late for the flight, I didn’t really have time to ruminate and generally freak out. And now that everyone’s gone I’m sort of beside myself realizing that I have two nights with essentially no responsibility, no children, no husband. Girlfriends have told me I need to have a few drinks. Tim has told me I need to go to the movies. I mostly have been thinking about mopping the floors and cleaning out the fridge. That's not fun.
When I was single, I definitely needed alone time to regroup and recharge. Having small children means generally putting that need aside for the time being. But it's not something I miss all that much most of the time. Now that I have the next 48 hours to do whatever my heart desires, I'm finding it's the simple things that are sounding most interesting to me.
Top 10 things I plan to do with all my free time:
- Watch some more Mad Men
- Take a bath, wash my hair, do my nails
- Start a new book
- Watch the Pussy Riot documentary on HBO
- Go to the gym
- Clean out the fridge and mop the floors (Boring, but it HAS to be done)
- Listen to some music
- Have a glass of wine
- Leisurely eat dinner not standing over sink
- Sleep!
Tim and kiddos are due to land any minute now in Chicago. I miss them like crazy already.
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