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The Single Life
Aug. 6th, 2007 05:24 pmLast week, we shipped the kids off to my in-laws. DH and I got a bit of a chance to catch up with each other, with team building exercises like getting a several-hundred-pound bathtub out of the kids' bath and onto the curb. Oh, and there might have been a dinner and movie in there, too - my brain is a bit congested with dust resulting from the demolition of the bathroom.
Where was I?
So, on Friday, DH went off to retrieve the kids, on his own, since I am both weary of traveling and wary of sleeping arrangements at my in-laws'. I had the whole weekend to myself! In which I discovered that single, childless people have oodles of free time. I cleaned up my side of the bedroom, went grocery shopping, watched a couple of movies, worked on my paper some, hung out with a friend, and still had lots of time to play stupid computer games. I mean, I knew that having kids meant I had a lot less free time, but geez!
The family returned Sunday evening, and suddenly I felt overburdened all over again. Back to the daily grind. I love my kids and husband, and I have no regrets about getting married and having children early, but those couple days reminded me of some of what I've been missing.
Where was I?
So, on Friday, DH went off to retrieve the kids, on his own, since I am both weary of traveling and wary of sleeping arrangements at my in-laws'. I had the whole weekend to myself! In which I discovered that single, childless people have oodles of free time. I cleaned up my side of the bedroom, went grocery shopping, watched a couple of movies, worked on my paper some, hung out with a friend, and still had lots of time to play stupid computer games. I mean, I knew that having kids meant I had a lot less free time, but geez!
The family returned Sunday evening, and suddenly I felt overburdened all over again. Back to the daily grind. I love my kids and husband, and I have no regrets about getting married and having children early, but those couple days reminded me of some of what I've been missing.
