For this last week I have pretended to be a single stay at home mom with a 4 year old and a teenager. Boy, it wasn't all that easy. I didn't think it would be easy (that's why I took a vacation from work so that I could stay home while Ricky was away). Most people that have never attempted this don't realize that you have to plan you day out with specific blocks of time for specific activities and can over book yourself if you are not careful! I think I have gained a greater appreciate for what Ricky goes through on a daily basis. I really didn't have any work responsibilities (except for those few hours that I promised I would check in on one day), but if you are trying to work and get all the other shit done that you need to do, it's not all that easy.
There were a dozen things that I really wanted to accomplish (some stuff has been on this list for about 2 years!) but really none of it gone done. Although today, on my last day of vacation/single-stay-at-home-mom-ness I did manage to get one of them done.
But enough complaining. This gave me a great week with my daughter and sister. I think my lab survived just fine without me, so that is encouraging. It's proven to me that they can survive without me and I don't have to feel guilty about leaving.
There are so many things I'm looking forward to doing after I leave work for good. I wonder if I will get any of them done though. This was the first time since Emmie was born that I really felt like a decent mom. I enjoyed waking her up and getting her ready for school, dropping her off and picking her up , talking to her teachers, and making dinner and giving her a bath and putting her to bed.
So, now I'm off to go pick up Ricky. We had a good week without him, but I'm happy to have him back.
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