Surviving the Domestic Jungle

Saturday sure has lost its appeal. It used to be a day you slept in and then did something fabulous in the evening. Maybe ran a few errands during the day but pretty much your day was spent planning your evening. How things change. I now wake up at 8:30am and that’s is usually after staying up too late on Friday night because I am still genetically coded to believe that is a stay up late night. I roll out of bed, make some breakfast for the kids, turn on cartoons and spend the day asking my husband, ‘what do you want to do today?’ and have him say, ‘I don’t know what do you want to do?’. Needless to say, on those days we do nothing. Occasionally we have plans with our friends who also have kids and we just have them come over kids and all. That’s the best way to be social when you become a parent. Always incorporate the kids! That way there is no ‘my babysitter canceled at the last moment’ stress. So the new Saturday night became movie night or a night at home with friends while your children play and that’s ok with me! My kids are fun and I like movies and love popcorn so it works out well. So technically I do still get to sleep in (about 1/2 an hour), I do spend the day doing laundry and cleaning (errands) and then I spend my day planning something fabulous for the evening (being with my family). I guess the more things change, the more they stay the same!!