Today I am grateful that I got a wee oasis of calm and tranquillity in the middle of the afternoon.
I didn't get my walk this morning, because K was still in Dublin. I could just imagine the kids waking up early and discovering that there was neither a mummy nor a daddy in the house!! And d'ya know what??? I spent the day trying to catch up on the space! Chasing my own tail in search of some peace.
See, my mistake was not still getting up at 6. I thought I may as well leave it till a quarter to 7. That still gave me a wee 15 minutes to myself before Thomas got up. But I've got used to my hour in the morning, and 15 minutes just didn't cut it!
Anyway...this afternoon, both the bairns went out to a club for an hour, so I had the house to myself! Feet up, mocha in one hand, crocheting in the other (well, not literally, you understand, I'm not that good yet!).
I know that some people say the secret is telling yourself that time with the kids, or time cleaning the house IS me time...but that's absolute balderdash!!! Me time is ME time. No exceptions, I'm sorry! But once I've had some me time...I'm all yours!!
I was in the right frame of mind then when Meggie came in asking if we could bake something! Chocolate-chip rock buns...yum!!!
Gratefully yours.
xx
You're so right - you just can't kid yourself on that one. You know 'me time' when you see it, and you know when you're bluffing!
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