I'm taking a day off!

Preface: Yesterday I decided I was going to take a day off today.

5:54pm. So... I think my day off is approaching its end. I'd say it was 95% successful. I did still have to occasionally redirect the "mommy" calls to "go tell daddy"

What I heard:

• "she can't hear you, well she can, but she won't answer" 🤣

• "Mommy we're done with all of our work" (I look at the clock and its 11:20am. 🤔 my though: ergh? say what now?

• "Mommy, daddy said he's taking a nap and if we wake him up we're going to get in trouble" my response? I ignore them. 😂

What I saw:

• stuff all over the place that I normally would have yelled and screamed at them to pick up. 😤

• Ceej attempting to make tea with entirely too much sugar in his mug *sigh*

• daddy fixing lunch and dinner and them having it together ❤

• The girls playing dress up with blankets. Oy vey!

What I accomplished:

• I finally painted the trimming in our bedroom (we've lived in this house for 3 yrs 🙈)

• I cleaned out and organized my closet (for which my kids like to play hide and seek in 🤦🏾‍♀️)

What I realized:

• it's hard not to want to parent (especially when you're in the same space.)

• as easily as Mommy rolls off their tongues is as easily as I answer (sometimes). Because I found myself answering then saying "wait I don't know who that is"

• this quarantining has got me feeling restless.

I'm reminded:

mommies take that break! The world is not going to end (just yet) whatever doesn't get done today, can wait for tomorrow.

• do something you enjoy (for me it's rearranging things, digging up yards, painting a room, etc). My husband's probably afraid of what I'm going to do next. 😂

• parenting styles are different (and it's OK once it's not to the child(ren)'s detriment).

Note to self: Do this more often. We're all better for it.

Until next time.