I’ll bet you think I’m about to tell you some sad story here about how I sent my oldest off to middle school yesterday or how I hated to see my daughter get on the bus to head off to third grade.
I’m not.
Maybe you think I’ll tell you that in the silence of my house, I felt raw and stinging emotions at the thought that my children are growing up far too fast.
Nope.
If I were to add on to this that The Man has a contract job for the next several weeks and will also be out of the house, you might think that I’d share with you how much I would miss seeing him during the day and how his very presence gives me comfort.
HA!
I’m sorry but if you thought that you should just stop reading my blog right now because obviously you don’t know me at all. The only thing I was thinking yesterday morning was “Hell to the yes….ALONE AT LAST!!!!”
I thought getting back into the routine would be tough when the alarm went off at 6:00 am. Instead, I sprung to my feet, shook The Man a little (okay…a lot) and reminded him he needed to get up and get the hell out.
The children received a similar treatment. Rather than waking them with a gentle kiss and a pat on the head, I stirred them to life by turning the lights on suddenly and reminding them that they needed to eat breakfast, brush their teeth, and get dressed all within :30 minutes so they could also get the hell out.
Both went off safely on the bus. Miss G in her sassy new outfit, clinging to me until she saw her friends at which point I was promptly and uncerimoniously dumped. And then there was Mr. C who waved good-bye at the front door because I am no longer allowed anywhere near the bus…or his friends.
::sigh::
Around 9:30 The Man had not left yet and I began giving him the side eye. At 9:45, I resorted to growling. Somewhere around 10:00, he took the hint and I managed to divest myself of him as well at which point the celebrations really began.
Did I sun myself out by the pool? No. Did I go for a martini lunch with girlfriends? Uh uh. What I did was so much more exciting, you ready for it?
I turned all the TV’s off, caught up from my staycation last week at work and….wait for it….DID LAUNDRY. Yes, my friends, I am just that exciting. Nothing makes me happier than a fresh towel out of the dryer that I get to fold. Some people would take a quick walk to the water cooler or chat with co-workers to break up the day. Unless I want to have a conversation with a fat pug or an angsty cat, I don’t really have anyone to talk to on days when I don’t have appointments. Instead, I get my jollies in the form of a warm towel that if folded JUST SO will appear uniform with all the other towels even if it’s a different size.
Don’t even try to compete, the awesome I dish out around here is beyond reproach.
The day was amazingly quiet and productive, and I’m seriously excited about the month ahead and the blissful peace that I will be enjoying while I work, not to mention my neatly folded towels.
Honestly, it takes so little to amuse me.
PS: I realize this would have been a better post if I actually had first day pictures to share with you but I can’t find the little card thingy that goes in the camera. I suspect it is buried somewhere in my neatly folded towels but I’m not going to disturb them, I’ll just let it be a little suprise when it falls out one morning. Again…I am so easily amused.
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Oh my!! I so identify with what you’re sayin’!!! Nothing like having the house to yourself. DH is off for a golf weekend and I cannot waiT! Nobody better interfere with my weekend alone!
I long for a day by myself. It must have been heavenly and nothing beats clean fluffy towels folded just right. Of course, I wouldn’t know first hand since I’ve refused to do laundry for 27 years but when JR does present me with clean fluffy towels I’m always very happy.
Oh my gosh, were we separated at birth?! There is nothing I love more than to kick my children (I’d say ‘and my husband’, but he’s too big for that, so I just have to push him with all my might) out of the house, close, lock and bolt the door and spend some quality time with dirty clothes. x
Congrats! I, too, an enjoying the summerless sound of silence.
Don’t even try to compete, the awesome I dish out around here is beyond reproach.
It’s gems like that, my dear, that keep me coming back to read your stuff. It is indeed, beyond reproach. Salute!
I totally get it. No kids here, but my husband was just home for a few days last week, which has not happened in more than 13 months. He comes home weekends sometimes, or I visit him, but this four days in a row, and two other days was enough to kill me
It was hard not to tell him to not let the door hit him in the ass on the way out yesterday morning. I love him, but this togetherness can be hard on a girl
There’s nothing better than some alone time when you’ve been surrounded by people!
Even though I miss them, I enjoy the quietness of my niece and nephew not being around.
To me, this sounds like a near-perfect day.
I so agree–I love my kids, I love my husband, but I need my time without them. I didn’t think marriage and motherhood meant that they would be forever in my presence, 24/7.
This past weekend, my husband came home from working out-of-state, and I made him take the kids out every day while I stayed home. The first day I cleaned the house. I got a ton of stuff done in peace, or while listening to the music *I* like to listen to. The second day I wrote. Then they were all home yesterday and I was ready to throw them out again.
Two weeks until the older ones start school, but I’ll have the youngest home to homeschool. Maybe that wasn’t such a smart idea, for me anyway. (I know it’s what is right for my daughter, though. No second thoughts on that one.)
I understand 100%!! My guys are (supposedly) off for the weekend! The whole house to myself!! Whatever I clean will stay clean. The tv won’t be blaring for the whole weekend. The whole bed to myself – it will be heaven!
Amazing how productive we can be without people around us with their chronic needs. Enjoy your time, Stiletto!!
Aw, a woman after my own heart. Except I clean out kitchen cabinets. Perhaps we should switch houses — I do have a big pile of laundry just waiting … !
Love those days to myself. Throw my kids out on a regular basis.
Foof! Just reading that post made me feel pistol-whipped.
So I see a few options: 1) a quick psycho-analysis on the Talcote (fictional name, I’m sure) guy (maybe 15 minutes of google time to get him some good referrals) or 2) just what you did (or did you? was it a rough draft? not sure) or 3) slip a big V into his drink.
The guy clearly has some anger/inferiority/better-living-through-child/paranoia issues that he desperately needs to deal with. But I don’t think he’s evil.
Foof! Good luck, friend.
It’s day 30 in Austin for me and yesterday was the first time I was alone in the house. Kids in school, daughter at a job interview and my husband (who used to mostly travel and now is mostly home) went to do errands for a couple hours.
I was excited and lifted up out of my doldrums beyond belief. IT WAS GREAT.
The only thing that would have made it a perfect 2 hours was if my stereo system was hooked up and I could have played (and danced to) my Justin Timberlake CD.
2110065 beers on the wall.
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