TGIF
TGIF, everyone! I hope everyone has had a great week and is looking forward to the weekend.
My favorite weekend activities used to include sleeping in and catching up on any television shows I may have missed during the week. My husband Jason and I used to also have friends over most Saturday nights for dinner and to catch up. Sunday afternoons were reserved for doing something fun like boating, hanging out at the beach, shopping, or just being lazy.
That all changed on April 27, 2009—the day my daughter Riley was born. She’s the love of my life and most certainly the apple of my husband’s eye. Weekends are no longer reserved for self-involved activities though. On Saturday she’s up by 6:00 a.m. and by 8:00 a.m. she’s had her breakfast and the house is a wreck. Mind you Jason and I haven’t even thought about eating yet. If we have something planned we’re lucky to get out of the house by 10:00 a.m. and we must be back by 2:00 p.m. so she can take her two hour nap while we rush to get a few hours of chore catching up in. She’s up by 4:00 p.m. and by 5:00 p.m. she’s ready for her dinner. We play for a few more hours and she’s had a bath and is ready for bed by 7:30 p.m.
On Sundays we do it all over again.
There are days when I miss my leisurely weekends actually spent relaxing but I can honestly say I given the chance wouldn’t give up my hectic weekends with my new family for anything in the world. As crazy as it sounds I’m actually looking forward to 6:00 a.m. tomorrow morning.
