- Ditch the healthy eating and have minute steaks and eggs for breakfast.
- Go and eat out at places that we know they would hate i.e. places where one would NEVER see a kid.
- Feel free to have an extra glass (or three) of wine.
- Stay up WAY TOO LATE watching movies and series
- NOT clean the house. Because it actually stays clean.
- ENJOY the silence.
- Listen to music AFTER their supposed bedtime.
- Have an impromptu braai and sit around the fire WAY past bedtime.
- Ditch the routine.
- Read for nearly two hours at night.
- Smoke cigars
- Don’t cook. Because really, a decent ham, avo, tomato and cheese sandwich is just perfect with a glass of wine.
- Stop for a Wimpy coffee at the crack of dawn before work.
- Make a conscious effort to NOT talk about them. It’s soooo easy to forget what YOUR dreams and goals are because the kids just take soooo much time and energy and money and EVERYTHING seems to revolve around them even if it is not your intention. Talk about OTHER stuff.
- Take LONGER baths.
I know that this sounds sooooo wrong(sorry parenting police) but I have LOVED the time this week without our kids. I’m thinking that I should ship them off for a weekend AT LEAST every six weeks!
What kind of pleasurable stuff do you do when your kids are not around? I’m talking stuff that you normally forgo because of the routine and so on? How was your Hump Day?
Am signing off now because my DH is waiting for me. We have a couch date!
Later.
xx
No parenting police here! It sounds like great fun.
I’m watching “24″ at the moment – very suspenseful! Wait, is that even a word? Suspense-filled? Suspense-ridden? I’m in suspenders?
It was so quiet at work today I never even logged in to Accpac! I had one person on leave, another off sick and one on training. So it was just me and one body in my offices. I gave her WordPress tutorials, as she is busy setting up a photography blog.
we’ve only been away from our kids ONCE for about 15 hours (one night) when they were 13 months old (it was my birthday). We left after they were asleep (in those days, 6:30) and were back bright and early the next morning straight after breakfast.
but you sound like you’re on holiday!
It FEELS like a holiday. That’s why we want to do this at least every 6 weeks! Must negotiate something with our sitter.
Oh wow, sounds divine. Enjoy every moment. Milk it!
Ahhhh pure bliss..just going to see a movie last night was a total mission. As DH wanted to makes sure that all is “OK” before we leave our son with my aunt for 2 hours….
Yes we went and eventually had a great time
I understand this!! This is the second year my kids have gone to my parents for the holidays and it is bliss here. Yes we still have Jack but it is a lot calmer, quieter and easier to just chill!
It doesn’t sound wrong, it sounds positively heavenly!
Hahaha, sounds like a lot of grown-up fun.
Things I do when Nicola’s not there would definitely include longer baths too, watching stuff on the laptop that aren’t suitable for her, smoke anywhere I feel like, listen to my music loud, drinking a glass of wine if I feel like it, shopping without having to check that little hands have dumped a few surprises in the trolley when i wasn’t looking, being able to close the door when I go to the loo and not having every pee interrupted by a Q&A session about what I’m doing and so on and so on…but I feel guilty for having me-time…and I miss her when she’s not there.
I’ve only ever had one night away from Kade thus far – we attended a wedding and drank way too much wine but it was really nice to just be “adult” again for a night. I’m busy trying to book a weekend away for Cliff and I soon and I can tell you what I will be doing – SLEEPING IN
xxx
Your list sounds perfect! Now I’m sitting here jealous and trying to think who I can ship my kids to for a few days so I can do that too
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