The way my schedule works out with my husband’s I spend a lot of time doing the faux single parent thing. I get lots and lots of time with my girlies. It’s delightful, really, aside from the screaming toddler moments and the crying baby moments. Luckily, those are few and far between. Lately, though, I’ve been noticing I have a hard time stepping out of mom mode. Perhaps I need to spend a bit more time with adults? So here are some things I catch myself doing or almost doing when I’m not with my kids. Someone tell me they do odd things like this as well?
- When using a public restroom, I go straight for the handicap/family sized stall instead of the single stall.
- I’ve caught myself starting to count my cat to three for clawing the speakers. On another occasion, I almost started to count my husband to three to send him to time out (whew, I didn’t).
- Any time I’m consuming a meal with other adults, none of my kids in sight, I shovel food into my mouth like someone might snatch the plate away at any given moment. I’m not sure I know how to pace myself any more at a mealtime; the possibility of a tantrum has me constantly on hot dog eating constant mode.
- I have to fight the urge to open boxes of snack food when I’m grocery shopping. How come the kids can do it but I feel so silly snacking and grocery shopping?
How do you find time to connect with other adults?
~Carla~
