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Tomorrow Alison goes back to school, after three weeks of Winter Break.

I know a lot of people yearn for the time that break ends, but I love spending the day just doing whatever the hell we please.

I haven’t had as much time to get work done, my house has been messy more than it’s been clean, I thought my head might explode from the whining on occasion, but for the most part, the past three weeks have been delightful.

We have lived in our jammies.  We made arts and crafts and watched television.

We have eaten at odd times, discovered new ways to make old recipes, and danced in the kitchen.

We didn’t go anywhere special or do anything terribly important, but all of us are healthy and happy.  (Other than the few days where I had raging PMS, but that’s a post for another day.)

Tomorrow we will begin our day with structure, hurry to get places on time, and wear real clothes.  We’ll struggle to enforce bedtime and supervise homework over the “I don’t wanna” cries.

Once again, I’ll treasure my mornings alone with Blythe, get my office organized, and catch up on cleaning.  I’ll make real meals and keep a tight schedule and probably start drinking coffee again.  And wine, too, if I’m being entirely honest.

I’ll miss these lazy days.

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I’m feeling exactly, exactly the same way. I love having both kids at home, not going much of anywhere or doing much of anything. Taking my shower at 3:00 pm, and putting on clean jammies.I have baked and played and read books. I hate rushing around and packing the backpack, putting boots on the kids, etc. But it will be very nice to spend a quiet morning with my toddler, get the house back together, and cook a regular dinner.

Well said. I am not looking forward to the morning battle of “get dressed please. ok seriously it’s time to get dressed. please get up and get dressed. NOW… get dressed NOW!”

p.s. I have totally taken her to school still in my *jammies*

Good luck getting back into a routine! I have a love/hate relationship with winter break. I also like having no schedule and the freedom to go bowling if we feel like it. But toward the end I am ready for our routine.

I know what you mean I love lazy days but I crave structure too! It was a nice long holiday but I need it to end! I can’t stop eating crap and drinking the wino! Happy New Year!

sounds totally delightful. While I wish for so many things to change in my life, I know to appreciate the freedom I have now. That is my life, what you just described. I stay in my jammies all day, do what I want and when I want as long as the work gets done. So I should enjoy it while it lasts, because it really is a truly lovey kind of freedom right now.

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