I have been trapped at home for a couple of weeks now. Oh, I went "out": Walmart, the grocery store, dropped my kids off at school, took one to the doctor. Last week I house sat for a relative who had surgery. whoopie.
But I'm not one to whine, ok, I am trying not to be. So I won't.
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Ok, that was fun....I need to GET OUT OF THIS HOUSE! I know that this is a common issue with work at homes, stay at homes...when my kids were tiny I would try to get out at least once a day. Sometimes we went to the grocery store to buy a piece of fruit we had never tried before. Sometimes we would go to the library. Sometimes we went to the fire station to see if we could look at the, uh, yeah... the trucks (seriously...this may be the greatest reason to have kids EVER.)
A lot of the time we would go to Target and walk around and see all the other Mommies and little kids who had to get out of the house. If finding new mommy friends is like dating ( it is), then Target is the club. THE CLUB. If you can't find a new Mommy Friend in Target, then your social skills are seriously lacking. And no one's social skills are more lacking than Moms who spend all day with toddlers, so we are talking skills that need some work.
But I tried to get out of the house every day. I had to. My sanity was at stake.
But the kids are in school now. I have no reason to go to the library other than to pick up the books I have held online. Or pay the hefty fee for not dropping off the ones I had at home. I never go for a piece of fruit, that's just stupid. The whole list, once a week. And forget Target. I don't have the cute babies in the carrier. Now I just look like a creeper when I admire someones baby. Or a little old lady. And I am neither. (I'm not! Shut up!)
And the fire fighters look at you weird if you show up without a kid and ask for a tour. Just trust me on this.
Anyway, now my days are home based, and rarely do I get out. I have to force myself. And force myself I shall. I will. Tomorrow. '
Or maybe the next day, tomorrow I have a lot of work to do. And it's dusting day.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
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Ohhh Susan. This is so me right now. My husband would often keep the kids in the evening so I could go do something by myself--wine with friends, Kohl's alone, the library. Now that we are doing the coast-to-midwest marriage, I am not getting out, and I find myself being reclusive, too. *sigh*
ReplyDeleteI feel ya sister.
When I need to get out, assuming I have 3 bucks to spare, I wander into town and get a latte, then wander around some more.
ReplyDeleteWhen I need to "get out" out, I visit one of the many many wine-tastings that are popular at our area liquor stores. (If I go by myself, I always meet new people...could be a better club?)
Just a couple ideas!