Ah lazy Sundays, I adore them (when I do not have to work on them) Saturday we had a blast. We went to the Sycamore Flats picnic grounds in The Pisgah National Forest were we played in the river jumped on the rocks and enjoyed a lovely picnic. Then we did my favorite activity bargain hunting at thrift shops and had a great haul, two bags bursting with quality books and one bag of nice T-shirts all for three dollars. Then as we were coming home form thrift hunting we noticed the pool was not overly crowded and decided to go swimming as well . We stayed at the pool for about two hours and when we got home we were all exhausted and made a mutual decision that Sunday would be a "lazy day".
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| My tiny helper mopping |
Well not too lazy I did clean the heck out of the house with the help of my tiny assistants. So by around noon today we were all pretty pooped given the events of the past two days. I laid the boys down for a nap and the actually fell asleep! This is astounding to me because my boys never ever nap I do not think that Colton as napped since his was around eighteen months old, Cody will nap but only on is own terms so if he does not offer it it is not going to happen. Cullen needs to nap but will not as a general rule sometimes around five he will pass out on the couch do to sheer exhaustion.
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| Trashed his room and then passed out |
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| Refused to nap and passed out at lunch |
Today I found myself with around a hour and half to two hours of "me time". I was giddy what to do with this rare midday opportunity to do something by myself? The choices were endless I could join my husband and the children in there midday sleeping (my husband works overnights and has to sleep during the day) but that seemed like a wasted opportunity. I could take a bubble bath and read 50 shades of Grey, but there was two problems with that 1) The good tub is in the master bedroom and I risk waking up the hubby and ruining his rare chance for good sleep and 2) I bought the 50 shades of Grey book on my Nook and baths and electronic devices to not mix. I could go outside and sun myself while reading my latest gossip mag but worrying about skin cancer ruined that favorite activity from my youth, that and my next door neighbor sometimes suns herself in a stars and stripes bikini that she really has no business wearing and The thought I might look like that terrifies me. So in the end what did I choose to to during my rare bit of me time? Fold and hang the laundry while listening to music of course
I think I have mentioned this before but one of my most relaxing points of the day is listening to MY and I stress MY music on my Ipod ( I stress my because I listen to a lot of music on my Ipod as I have rule that the TV must be off for at least two hours every day but it is not always music I enjoy, in fact I have listened to "Man or Muppet " and "This is Halloween" more than any human should endure.) I found myself unwinding to hanging the week long neglected laundry and listening to the Dirty Dancing soundtrack on my Ipod ( I do not know what it is about Dirty Dancing but when I am in a funk all you have to do is put on the movie or play me a tune from the sound track and I feel so much better.tremendously guilty about this fact! I know it is not the best movie in the world , it is immensely cheesy and compared to the hotties of today Patrick Swayze is not even that cute! I love you Patrick RIP it is true and I am sorry). It is not always Dirty Dancing I listen to though that was just today, in fact I have an entire playlist labeled "Laundry Time"
Don't get me wrong I am not complaining about it at all. I actually like folding the laundry it gives me a zen like sense of calm. It is a chore I do mindlessly, a chore I can let my mind wander while doing and the end results do not suffer. Also I like feeling productive if I had choose to to any of the a fore mentioned items I would have felt guilty afterwards. That I should have down something productive during one of my rare days off. So how do the other people out there spend their rare moments of "me time."
