Yesterday Dot comes home from school with a notice that basically reads 'due to
the CUPE strike our school will be closed as will 82 other schools.
What this means to me is out of the 82 schools that are getting closed, 2 out of
my 3 kids attend one of those schools. This means that out of my 3 kids,
only 1 shall be heading off to his institution of learning every morning.
He is so jealous of his siblings right now. He's telling me that maybe
next year his school will be closed too. Poor child!
Hubby grabbed
dinner for the family last night, and he also provided our meal for tonight as
well. On his way home from work yesterday he grabbed some groceries so our
family wont starve and waste away to nothingness. He also grabbed dessert
for last night as well.
Raisin bran muffins. Who on this planet in their right mind grabs bran
muffins for someone who has diarrhea? He baffles my mind. When I
declined to partake of the raisiny bran goodness he became a bit upset with me,
even though I tried to explain that my decline to partake in the delicious baked
goodness was not in fact an attack on his character.
And now for something that is truly off topic...
Yesterday on
BT
Kevin was talking about mental health days. You know, those days that you
take off from work even though you are in perfect health.
They were discussing whether you should take them or not and while I listened to
their debate I realized that I don't get mental health days. I can't just
lie in bed all day, not get the kids off to school, not prepare any food, not do
laundry and not clean the house.
This disturbed me, because I think everyone needs an opportunity to replenish
their spirit. And since I work 7 days a week, sometimes 24 hours a day,
I've decided that I really need mental health days.
When Hubby came home I told him what I'd been thinking. I was expecting
him to get upset, I thought he'd tell me that I'm home by myself most days and
that my job isn't that hard. You know, all the things working fathers say
to their stay at home spouses.
I didn't get any of that. Instead I got a Hubby that totally agreed with
me. He told me to sit back and think about when I did the best around the
house, it was when I had my upstairs neighbor to hang out with every afternoon.
Our kids would play and she and I would sit, drink tea and talk about what ever
came to mind. I had another friend who would stop by almost every
afternoon and we would sit, drink tea and gab about what ever came to mind.
Then I met Sassy. She wasn't working then. We would get together at
least once a week, drink tea and gab about whatever came to mind. My
upstairs neighbor moved away, my friend that used to pop by doesn't anymore
because she's had a lifestyle change and just can't manage it anymore. And
Sassy got a job.
I don't know any other stay at home Moms in the area.
Hubby is telling me to go ahead and start taking mental health days once a month. Get out of the house and do something, anything. I'm all for that. I just have to figure out what to do now.
8:35 a.m. - February 22, 2006
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