We went shopping at COSTCO for easy to pack lunch items: organic chocolate milk boxes, squeezable applesauce and goldfish crackers. We searched for the best deals on a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle lunch box... and backpack. I even picked up a book called The Night Before Preschool to really prepare him (me?).
All of this planning and leg work has been easy compared to this ridiculous survey also enclosed in the packet. The survey, which I'm pretty sure was designed to make moms like me feel shitty, is for parents to share our skills, interests and hobbies. Of all the preparation needed for preschool: the checklists, the parent orientation, the pancake breakfast, shopping for new clothes and the effing "Enviromental Day" (i.e. let's make the families who are paying us to watch/teach their kids, clean up the playground!)... this survey is what stumped me!
So, I thought to myself, "Self, what
I realized, that since I've had kids I don't really have time for hobbies and MY interests have slipped to the bottom of my priority list (somewhere below Teenange Mutant Ninja Turtle underwear and Disney Junior programming.) So, in an effort to take better care of myself as a mama, a woman, and a person (and maybe to give me something to put on that fucking survey), this blog, my hobby, is born! Consider this your birth announcement.
Congratulations on your new bundle!
ReplyDeleteThanks love!
ReplyDeleteI had this EXACT conversation with my husband last week. It was kind of depressing. Still trying to think about my hobby.
ReplyDeleteMaggie- it's really hard! I'm hoping that blogging fills that void for me. I find that I feel guilty doing too much for me that doesn't involve the boys because I work all week and don't see them enough. I hope you find your "thing."
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