Recently the awesome Mother Venting posted about her me-time, or more accurately, the lack of it. You can check it out HERE. I sympathised whole-heartedly. So imagine my joy when several days ago I discovered that, due to the pre-Christmas drop in folks wanting surgery, I have a work-day cancelled AND a child in nursery FOR THE WHOLE DAY.
A year or so ago my plan for such a day would probably have consisted of the following.
- Have a lie in.
- Get up, shower, dress, apply make-up, dry AND straighten hair.
- Go for leg-wax, hair-cut or manicure, or possibly all three.
- Arrange to meet friends ‘in-town’ for lunch.
- Go shopping.
- Meet Mr B from work and stop for cheeky drink on the way home.
- Grab take-away, watch film and retire.
My actual plan for today was as follows.
- Have a lie in. Do not EVEN CONTEMPLATE getting out of bed until at least 9am.
- Have a lazy breakfast watching Jeremy Kyle. (I KNOW, it is my now not-so-secret-shame. My brain ACTUALLY MELTED on maternity leave and now I am hooked on this show.)
- Write a blog post.
- Have a nap on the sofa in front of Diagnosis Murder.
- Get showered and dressed before Mr B gets home and pretend not to have sat on my arse all day.
And now for what actually happened.
- Awake suddenly at 5am to hear W ROARING.
- Studiously ignore the above for ten minutes, give in, get up and go downstairs to play.
- Give W his breakfast while Mr B gets ready for work, dreaming of getting back into bed when they leave.
Shoo them out the doorLovingly wave them off, and be informed that we have guests tonight. Ha ha he forgot to tell me last night. Byeee.- Panic.
- Clean. Like a mad woman.
- Plan fabulous menu.
- Check supplies.
- Re-plan menu.
- Make tea.
- Discover milk has gone off.
- Shower, dress and scrape back wet hair into something vaguely resembling a pony-tail.
- Hot-foot-it to Aldi and revert to Menu A.
- Prep dinner.
- Check time. 2pm. We’re ok.
- Collapse on sofa and switch on TV.
- Discover Diagnosis Murder has been replaced by something called ‘See Hear’.
- Weep.
- Nod off anyway.
- Jump out of skin EXACTLY three minutes later when phone rings.
- Dinner guests have cancelled.
- Go to make tea but find myself pouring large glass of wine.
- Open lap top.
- Here we are.
- They will be home in an hour.
So folks, tell me what do YOU do with your me-time?
He he. My me time usually consists of me falling asleep on the sofa!! whilst trying to catch up with something I have sky +d x
Oh thank God it is not just me! Thanks so much for popping over and commenting. Has improved my day now x 🙂
Oh bless you. That really sucks. I dream of a day to myself. Have asked for it for Christmas! Bet it’d go like yours though.
Hope Santa is listening for you 😉
Brilliant! It sounds like a comedy scene! The reality is that me-time is a thing of the past until they get to the teenage years, at least, although I have a teenager who stays up until 11 so no me time comes when they grow up and leave home! But we when we have all that me-time we will miss the children probably!
Oh lord have a horrible feeling that you are probably right! x
Mahahhahahahah A WHOLE DAY WITHOUT A BABY OR A HUSBAND?? I have to admit, I would have loads of plans, and then, yeah – sit on the sofa all day. With my laptop. On Twitter.
Useless.
You can always come round my house!! 😉 XX
Will take you up on that next time. Though be warned, may well arrive in PJ’s x
Oh dear, I would have cried too! I had a rare few hours of this week and I crocheted and watch Glee on catch up. Bliss! I seem to have an inability to lie in any more though. Think my children have just got louder!
Oh, they sound like a good few hours 🙂
Oh love. No one wants to waste time cleaning when in fact they really needn’t bother…
No 22. made me laugh: Go to make tea but find myself pouring large glass of wine.
I know, DISASTER, but hey ho….may be will get another chance in a year or ten 😉
oh my gosh! what a day.
Next time. Shoooo them out the door and hit the nearest day spa (lots of cheap vouchers on the internet) you deserve it. X
Wow, now THAT sounds like a plan. I like your thinking.
Awww bless you! What a shame to have had to clean and plan and shop when you didn’t need to after all 🙁
I haven’t had a while day to myself since having the little darlings. x
I am still wondering what this Me time thing is you keep mentioning?? 😛
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Awe..poor you, that sounded stressful. I like to just chill and surf the web. That’s it.
Nev
I’ve yet to have a “me day” but I’m quite prepared for it when it happens. I have the entire 3rd series of The House of Eliot recorded, ready to go. I’d go back to bed, have a bath, back into jimjams, on the sofa with THoE.
Good idea though, note to self, always have a bottle of wine saved for the occasion, no no, one of those mini bottles of champagne. Oh yes.