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| Wed, 02-25-2009 - 11:10pm |
(You general you) am even going back to work after my toddler goes to school?
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Argh!
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careful what you wish for...
although it is nice to be able to say "Liza - run over two aisle and grab my box of tampons for me..."
>> But that leaves your weekends free of food shopping AND without kids, right? <<
Yes, because food shopping was the only thing I ever needed to get done. For cripes sake.
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Why hide your light under a bushel of bears, I ask you?
Why hide your light under a bushel of bears, I ask you?
Well of course, as parents we are all very busy people.
I do think that the feeling of semi-retirement being AH when your kids reach school age really just depends on the circumstances. It's relative.
I SAH for a few months once my youngest started school. Semi-retirement was exactly how I described it. Leading up to that, however, I had two young kids close in age, and I helped out friends and family babysitting on a regular basis. I averaged 5 kids under 5 to run all our household errands and shopping, on top of constant park/beach/playland/storytime activities... so, when I discovered that I could actually read a book, or browse the library, or shop, or whatever on my terms, on my time, it was quite a novelty! Even after I added in some school volunteering and a very, very pt job, it felt like quite a break! Now, if I'd had kids spaced out with years in between, hadn't babysat, and had made a point to take a more "me" time (shopping when dh was home, etc.) during my SAH years, I'm sure my experience would have felt much different!
"pestered for chocolate cereal straws..."
LOL....I had to write....what are those things???
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