So I got the reverend shower IN the morning this morning, by fluke. LOVE it! I was thinking back on the last time that happened and it's been several weeks - I actually remember it because I got to have a Starbucks that morning too. I know, double bonus!
So, what little things in life did you take for granted before and now think it's such a treat to get now?
Or what are the best little things that make your day.
I think we could all use a little pick-me-up. I've heard it was a rough weekend for a lot of people. :)
Awesome responses. The watch what you want when YOU want. Never happens. Flying by yourself.....oh yeah!
How about taking a day to just read a book?
Not complaining at all. I wouldn't give it up for those rare moments of me time. Just embracing the little things (and big) in life right now...
I miss peeing by myself. Also drinking a quiet cup of coffee and watching the news without having to protect my cup and shushing the boys so i can hear the news story.
I like going to the bathroom ALONE without a million questions being asked.
NOW I know what my mom was always bitching about!
Isn't that wonderful?! I got one yesterday morning!!
Regardless of what time of day, any shower I get that's long enough to actually shave without being interrupted, THAT'S a treat!!
Any excuse to put on heels and makeup, that's pretty special to me too, you know, when you actually have hours to take your time doing your hair, getting dressed up in stages, putting some time and effort into your makeup, etc... I think the last time I got to do that was our wedding day!!
Going to the store, even the grocery store, sans kids, never fails to make my day.
I miss sleeping in. My husband is the king of sleeping in... once I hear the kids, I'm UP, there is no turning back... last time I 'slept in' unit 8am, it was *heaven*
Also, being able to go on a long car ride without the kids. I used to take pretty days and drive along the Blue Ridge Mountain highway for hours, blasting MY music (not Raffi or anything Disney!), windows down, stopping when I'd like to take pictures, etc... I can't tell you the last time I got to do that.
And last but not least, lounging around the house 1/2 naked on hot summer days. I miss chilling in my undies, laying on the couch with a cup of coffee (and not worrying my son will try to get some), no cartoons, just good old grown up t.v., ignoring the phone, not dealing with tattle tales or getting snacks... yep, that's the best :)
READING! I have a voracious appetite for books that don't rhyme-used to have several going at once-now I am lucky if I can finish one a month.
i second privacy in the bathroom or getting dressed...i have to keep reinforcing that with my 5 year old daughter, she likes privacy but thinks for M. its not important
Lets see.
I would love to not have anyone bother me while I was in the bathroom (no matter what I am doing in there).
To watch what I want on TV would also be nice.
Take a nap, and going to bed when I want to.
I didn't realize how much I miss watching the news. Now I feel that I don't know whats going on in the world anymore. I don't have time to read the paper so I just listen to other people talk about world events.
I miss being able to stop at the store just because I forgot something. Before my dd I shopped at Walmart 2 and 3 times a day.
Knowing where my towel is.
Similarly (and a little less hitchhikers guide)... knowing where my clothes are.
I don't know WHAT it is about 'taking mom's things', using mom's things, & moving mom's things... but both my husband and my son do that! Why??? Why???
I miss being able to go out to dinner after work. Or for a drink. Just, anything during the work week after hours.
I'm always the one that has to be home to relieve the nanny, make dinner, do baths, etc...
What I wouldn't give to get off work tonight and go have a dinner somewhere!
I miss getting to watch a movie by myself. There are certain 80's movies I never get tired of (for example, Labyrinth) that my husband really doesn't want to watch (and of course, now that we have DS we can't really sit down and watch anything until he's in bed for the night). So i prefer to just watch them by myself, because then I can relax and really enjoy it without worrying about him being bored/thinking it's lame. Before we had DS he used to go out to play poker with friends at least once a month, he also had quarterly professional association meetings and I would take those times to just chill on the couch by myself....cuddle with my blanket and maybe eat some junk food, it was heaven. :) I NEVER get to do that any more.
So many things.
A bath...without ANYONE knocking on the door! With time enough to loofa, shave, scrub feet...the whole nine yards!
An hour to read...without ANYONE knocking on the door!
Going to the library, by MYSELF, and taking as long as I want to to pick out books.
When both boys are at school and the baby is sleeping and I can eat lunch while watching a show I have recorded.
An uninterrupted phone call!
Waking up WITHOUT an alarm clock or the baby crying.
L.
Oh how i love (and miss, sometimes) the waking up and just laying in bed for even 5 minutes. Most days it's jump and shut off the alarm clock and wake the kids, or jump cause the baby is awake and hungry and wet. I love the lazy feeling of just laying there all snuggled up and warm still while I stretch and actually wake up.
I miss flying by myself. I never even thought about it before - pack a bag, drive to the airport, sit alone and read a magazine, sleep on plane. Now it is an AMAZING thing. Pack for myself only (if I forget something, no whining), drive by myself, read a MAGAZINE (or even a book), sit by self on plane (no worrying about spilling liquids, being hungry, needing the bathroom, talking too loudly, crying), SLEEP on plane.
