My DH is gone away on business for the night. Somehow I got it in my head that tonight was going to be super productive. You know, so I could prove to myself (read:husband) that I can be productive on my own, with 3 kids, on a work/school night. Cause that kinda stuff matters to me in a twisted/self defeatist way. But instead I find myself eating any junk food I can find, and hiding playing words with friends (twohandsfull is my user name if you want to play) and watching d2 destroy my clean basement and colour on himself with marker. Yes, this is exactly the night I didn't want to have. But it is 7:40 and hopefully the kids will be in bed soon and I can try and salvage this evening. I still have lunches to make and a shower to take. And I really want to shovel the ice off our driveway. Any bets on which of those I'll actually do :)
I am also playing Chess with friends with my 10yo. Except I don't know how to play chess. Which is terribly embarrassing when your kid tells you you're in check except you don't know what that means. I think I need to google chess tomorrow.
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I think that is a very acceptable night. :-) But then again I try to keep my expectations low.
I agree, totally acceptable night. Lately, while I try to be more productive overall, I'm letting myself enjoy nights where I'm not. (if that makes sense).
Hey, everybody got fed and entertained and nobody was overtly traumatized (save possibly you.) That's a successful evening in my books! ;)
...and no mention of alcohol? You're doing great!
haha! I do that same thing when my Hubby goes away ... trying to prove to myself that I am super-mom. But I am SO not!
Night time is for relaxing and games. Daylight is for productivity :)
I so appreciate your honesty; you're all hanging out, not being "productive" or "amazing"--just being. That's the way to do it.
I loved when Paco was 7 and tried to explain chess to me. Oy.
Kudos just for lofty ambitions! And for playing chess with a 10 year old. I would so get my a$$ whupped.
Ha! I don't know how to play chess either.
For what it's worth I think we all need to have a night like that. We can't always be super productive all the time. That kinds of thing just leads to BurnoutVille. I've been there, it's not a great place to visit! :)
Super Mom is overrated, I say play with the kid. Oh, and forget google, go straight to youtube for chess help. If you're still feeling the need to be productive, you could watch the videos while shoveling the ice...
or not ;-)
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