Two days straight without alcohol. Quite the feat. Greg was kind enough to hide a nice bottle of red wine we have, so I wouldn’t be tempted. However he hid it right behind our leftover Halloween candy (which I haven’t sworn off for the month of November), so it’s still reminding me of what I’m missing. Perhaps I’ll move it.
Today is my “work all day” day, so I’m pretty beat. A few weeks ago Greg and I started a system where Monday my only real childcare duties are doing drop off in the morning and joining my family for dinner (the latter of which is optional). The rest of the day is mine to work. Then Greg does a similar gig on Tuesday. Neither of us work a full 40 hours a week, but we still find it hard to get in our hours, so this was a way to get in at least one longer day without having to stay up until the wee hours. So far it’s working fairly well. Yes, I’m tired, but it’s only 10:00 and I’ve put in a 10 hour day.
Sometimes I marvel at how much free time I must have had before I had children. It never felt that way, though, and I know several child-free couples who are plenty busy, so I guess you always fill up the time you have. I think I’m used to the pace that we go at, and it’s not out of control, but sometimes I wish I had more time to do some of the things I used to do, like scrapbooking and doing more than one sport. And I wish I had larger blocks of time to get things done. Like a whole weekend (or even a day!!) with nothing else to do so that Greg and I could renovate our bathroom…or put together our closet organizer…or stain Amy’s nightstand…or go through the miscellaneous piles of “stuff” we have laying around our house…
Oh well, at least I’m not bored!
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