A day off! Wow! What am I going to do?! This is what ran through my mind when I planned a day off. You know the steps that you have to take in order ONE day off from work. First step is to find coverage for your position, then submit your request to your boss and then wait… wait… wait some more. Remind your boss your request is sitting in his email and ask that he please approve. Wait some more. FINALLY… he approves it! YES! A day off!

Today was my day off. Husband is at work. Kids are at school. I sat and wondered what I was going to do with my time. I even posted in a Facebook group (because I needed other mommys’ approval to take a day to myself!). What should I do? Laundry needs to be done. Dishes too. Let’s face it, the whole house is a disaster as we just got home from a mini-vacation (which was interesting to say the least and culminated in our hamster being lost when we were gone, but I digress). Do I WANT to clean on my day off?! Heck NO!

What I wanted to do was drop the kids off at school, take a leisurely shower (you read that right, I didn’t even shower before I took the kids to school!), and go shopping. I wanted to walk around Target, Starbucks in hand. I wanted to go to a local antique store, The Barn… the most amazing store EVER! I wanted to order a salad from a little mom/pop place and then sit on my couch, eat, and fantasize about not ever working again (or at least working from home on my own schedule doing something I feel passionate about every day I wake up).

What I did with my day off… well I mixed some responsibility with some fun. Because, of course, as a mom you can’t ever totally take a day off. I dropped the Dynamic Destructive Duo at school, came back home and took a nice long hot shower. I went to Target and even got a Starbucks. I meandered around and bought My Mason (grandson) some more clothes to add to his package to mail. I stopped to get a lemonade for when I finish my Starbucks— WHAT?! Two fun drinks in a day?! I am typically only a coffee and water type gal! Then I thought of my sweet little Dynamic Destructive Duo and went to the cupcake shop. There I bought 4 cupcakes- which will inevitably cause a fight because why would it not?! But I felt good doing something they won’t expect (and it is all about me today, right?!). I found my way to the post office and mailed My Mason the heaviest box of clothes ever (I think I went overboard, but grandmas get to do that- plus tags are on so Toots (my amazingly gorgeous daughter) can return/change sizes). PS- Toots— I hope I see pics of My Mason in all his new clothes. 🙂 Anyway… I am in the post office and need to pee, but I don’t do public bathrooms, and I still have to go to The Barn! So I suck it up and do the potty dance, head to The Barn and wander around the first floor only. I find a replacement charm for my necklace and a tank top. I really want to shop some more, but I really had to pee! So I head on towards home. I daydream on my way up 5th Street about what it would be like if I didn’t have to work each day. Would each day be like today? I breathe in where I live. I love my little town. I didn’t make it to the mom/pop place to get my salad, but I did the potty dance long enough to get a veggie sandwich. When I got home (after I ran to the bathroom… literally), I did start some laundry before I sat down to eat. I texted with the Hubster and put on the tv. I’ll likely clean up some too. Because, after all, I am a mom and moms don’t get full days off.