THIS IS SORT OF HOW I FEEL

 

Due to COVID, since mid March 2020, both of the boys have been home with me every day all day.  

In September 2020, I had a small break for 3 weeks when Ben attended school in the mornings so I only had Jonah home as he recovered from his kidney/bladder surgery.

  

Then the last week of September, both boys attended school in the mornings.  However, they had a direct exposure at school causing them to be in quarantine for 14 days and then that precipitated us deciding to keep them both home full-time starting in October 2020.  

SO.....

Today is the first day I have to myself since March 2020!!!!!

The boys are going to be going to school all day on Tuesdays.  Jonah will come home at lunch for me to do catheter care, but then he will go back to finish the day.  The other days of the week, they will just be in school for the mornings.  But today is a full day to myself!  8:45-3:15.

I love the boys dearly.  I really enjoy doing school with them at home.  And I think the three of us (especially Ben and I) have really bonded over these past 10 months of togetherness.  Overall, it's been a great experience these past 10 months despite the difficulty of the pandemic.

But I am a bit excited to get some things done off my to-do list that have been put on hold for almost the past year because I've just been too occupied by boys to do them.  I'm excited to just do nothing for a few minutes today and RELAX! I'm excited to have a quiet house for a while today.  I'm excited to not multi-task for a few hours today and be able to concentrate on ONE thing only!  And it will be a relief to schedule appointments or run errands during these times on Tuesday and not have to ask older kids for help watching the boys.  

Last week was suppose to be my first free Tuesday, but we had a snowstorm.  

But today, nothing stopped the plan. The boys are at school, and I am free for a few hours!

I hope I don't come off sounding selfish.  

And for all I know, the boys will probably enjoy the break from me :)

So time to get stuff done- or nothing done.  Whatever, for a few hours today, the choice is mine!

FUN!!!!