What do you do on your day off when you have no kids to take care of and your best friend is busy doing school work? If you are me, you
1. Do crossword puzzles.
2. Pretend to be creative by attempting to be crafty (right now it's Valentine cards).
3. Do more crossword puzzles.
4. Go to the grocery store-- but only if the cupboards are bare and you are really craving ice cream.
5. Did I mention crosswords?
6. Call Mom.
What you don't do:
1. Write wedding thank-you cards which are almost six months overdue.
2. Clean.
3. Get up early and stay awake.
4. Check your work email (they might remind you of some responsibility you don't want to know about. Be warned: this is a particularly dangerous one-- only for those who like living on the edge).
5. Iron.
6. Exercise.
I'm sure I've just made you all suberbly jealous of my day-off routine. How is it that I can be blessed with so much free time and yet still manage to avoid doing anything useful? Trust me, if I could share some of it with you, I would. Of course, I would also remind you that on the days I do work, I really do work. This week I almost had to deliver another baby. The doctor was mulling around the nurse's station and then ran into the wrong room when the baby's head was poking out. I'm afraid I'm going to get a bad reputation at Orem Community Hospital!
Oh, and did I mention I need a new crossword puzzle book?
I often ask myself what I did with all my free time before I had kids. I don't remember being bored all the time but I don't really remember doing anything either. Thanks for reminding me. :)
ReplyDeleteEven with a baby I remember it being pretty boring for the first few months. There is not much one can do with a newborn baby except feed it and change it every few hours. But all the freedom to do and go where I wanted was gone also. Would it not be nice if you could bottle down time and save it for those particularly busy days when you don't know what to do first.
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