I just want a rest, you know?

[flea]

My dream about moving down here had me taking a while to find a job, but putting Dillo in daycare anyway, and having a couple-three months of sitting alone in the house all day, reading, drinking tea, listening to NPR...

Well, the local NPR station doesn't run a format I like during the day, and the perfect job for me was open, and I applied for it and got it before we even closed on the house, and we decided to buy a house that really needed my income to afford, and here we are. It's Sunday night, mr. flea and the kids are taking a bath together in the jacuzzi tub, and I'm contemplating packing some lunches, prepping the coffee maker, and doing another week of it all.

I like the Tuesday mornings off, though in practice it's 'read a chapter of a book, vacuum, read a chapter, empty the dishwasher' but the Tuesday nights are tiring and so far they seem to screw up the whole rest of the week. We really need to fix the bedtime routine and night-wean Dillo and make it so mr. flea or even, egads, a babysitter, could put the kids down alone. I just can't imagine how that is going to happen.

I guess I get the rest in 16 years or so. I just need something a little closer to look forward to.

Comments

[serrana.livejournal.com]

Must admit, things have been much easier since we booted the little one out of our bed. Oh, he still yells when we put him in his room, and it was a rough month getting him weaned, but...yeah, much easier.

[forodwaith.livejournal.com]

Oh god, lunches are my most unfavourite chore. At least Sean is nearly old enough to make his own.

My bitchiness lately focuses on Dan working so much from home. It means even when I have time off, he's here, plus more jockeying for the computer.

[jonquil.livejournal.com]

Um.... why exactly are *you* responsible for doing the whole week? IJS.

I heartily recommend -- because it's made such a difference for me -- starting to book the occasional Saturday or Sunday afternoon off. I have the excuse of visiting friends, but "Oh, I'm going out to be by myself" is equally powerful. Then go to a coffee house or something.

Can you book one of those a month? Just one?