Today I have a day off! Yay! April was a crazy (good) month with Work, Birthdays, Easter and the Youth Choir Tour so "me time" has been in very short supply. This is not a new thing, all Moms know that Personal Time is not something we can count on. I have been looking longingly at my backyard pool as the weather has become warmer, but I have yet to put on a bathing suit and sit myself down beside it. I probably won't jump in for another month or two, but I do like that taboo tan..it covers a variety of desserts! So..Will I make it to the pool today?
There sure is plenty to do around here and I seldom have the luxury of being at home to do it! I think I'll just take out the chicken for dinner first. When I take out the chicken, I want to grab the recipe to make sure I have all the ingredients. As I look at the recipe and notice I am missing a couple of items, I start a grocery list (I can go on the way to pick up the kids..later). While I am making a grocery list, I better check to see what staples we also need. Now that i have my list made, I should go through my coupons to see if I have any I can use. When I grab the coupon carrier out of the drawer I realize the drawer is a wreck! It will only take a second to straighten it up! Once the drawer is straight, I take the coupons to the kitchen table to look through them. Oh! Look at that, there are no napkins in my awesome IKEA napkin holder, I'll just grab some from the pantry. While in the pantry I see food, so naturally I must eat something! I unwrap a "chewy bar" and bring the wrapper to the trash..Ugh! The Trash can lid is gross! Let me just get a clorox wipe from under the kitchen sink and clean that up. While at the kitchen sink I see there are some dirty dishes in there. There's just a few, I'll put them in the dishwasher. When I open the dishwasher, guess what? Yup, It's clean. That's ok, it only takes ten minutes to get it all put away. Now that the sink is empty, which NEVER happens, let me give it a good scrub. Wow! That looks great, but now the rest of the greasy messy kitchen looks awful! Well, I'll just wipe down the counters, then I'm done! Hey, this looks really good! Except now the fingerprints on all the stainless are really obvious, well, I have a rag out so no biggie. Kitchen looks great, but I still have to check out those coupons real quick, then I'm done! Oh, but first the dogs need to go out. while I let the dogs out, I walk by the pool..."almost there!" I say to my lounge chair. When the dogs come back in I see a flea on one of them, ew! I get out the flea comb and drown that bugger in some dish soap! While I have out the comb, I'll just check the other animals, then I'm done! A dozen fleas later I put away the comb in the laundry room and see that I have stuff that needs to go in the dryer, and guess what!? Yup, there's already dry stuff in there. No biggie, it will only take a few minutes to fold, put the wet stuff in the dryer, then I'M DONE! I walk back to the coupons, grab the ones I need, attach them to the grocery list and realize I'm hungry again..look at that, it's 2:30, just enough time to grab a late lunch and go pick up the kids, great. Guess I'm done.
In reality I am forcing myself to go, with blinders on, to the pool and not move for at least two hours! If you did not love on your Mom yesterday, even if you could only do it in your heart, take a minute to do it now!
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