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Where's the "ME" in MOMMY??
I know.... I haven't posted anything in like, FOREVER! Now I get on and what am I going to to do? VENT! H*ll yeah! It's Wednesday (day 3 of summer) and the kids are already driving me crazy with their
"I'm bored",
"Mommy come here!",
"I'm BORED",
"Mommy, come take a picture of my toy."
"I'm B.O.R.E.D"
"Are we going to do anything today?"
"I'm borrrrrred!"
"I'm hungry! and bored."
**** I could go on all day but you get the point****

AAAAAAAAAAAAA-AAAAAAAAA! Calgon take me away! Back in the middle of April I was sooo frustrated.... Dean was home (and NOT much help) when I left. After 15 years of marriage I took my "ME TIME". I got in the car drove down the street stopped at the stop sign and wondered "Where the heck am I going?" It's 8:00pm for Pete's sake! I should be home folding that last load of cloths, unloading the dishwasher, picking Ian's Legos off the living room floor, going threw the growing stack of mail, making sure the kids have all brushed their teeth ...... all of a sudden my foot is off the brake and on the gas. I'm not sure where I'm going but it has to be better than what's waiting for me a home. I ended up at the movie theatre 25 miles away (all the movies at our local theatre had started, bummer.). I went to the the ticket counter and purchased a ticket to (RATED R) Perry Tyler movie Madela's Family Reunion (I think that was the name). Then off to the snacks! Large Diet Coke, Popcorn (with extra butter), and a large soft pretzel with cheese; now I'm ready!
Instinctly I carry everything in one arm and reach down with the other searching for the little hand that is endlessly tugging at my pants. After a brief second of my heart skipping a beat when I don't find the hand, I realize I'm here alone!
I thoughly enjoyed my (highly inapropriate for children) movie and all the coke and popcorn to myself, not to mention I actually got to taste the pretzel instead of automatically handing it over to little hands in the dark never to see it again.

So, here I sit wondering do I have to wait another 15 years to take another "ME TIME"?

Well, off the the pool and then baseball practice in the afternoon. My me time will just have to wait.

I'm also going to change the spelling of Mommy to Momme..... just a thought :)