compass rose

This morning i woke up tired and sad. All i wanted to do was stay in bed. Pull the sheets over my head and have everybody. just. leave. me. alone.

I went downstairs for my usual cup of coffee and a swift kick in the ass by the mother in me to get it together. Face this day. Another day.

When all the kids had come down puffy eyed and straggly haired. I asked them "who wants to go to school today!"

They all said, simultaneously, "Not me!"

"Well then. Have some fun. Get some breakfast. I'm going back to bed."

"And oh yes, don't let parker go for a walk down the street."

I went back to bed and slept until 11.

I woke up again. Started again with a fresh coffee.

I spent the day jumping on the trampoline with the kids.

All of us in our pajamas.

Posted by Jess at 07:21 PM Permalink

Comments (6)

Susan

I love not following the shoulds and oughts. Good for you for a PJ trampoline, sleep in, fluff off the rules, get your needs met kind of day. I like the fact that no one died at the end. Imagine that. It's ok.

Posted by Susan | March 6, 2007 10:17 PM

Skye

Glad I'm not the only one who has done that!!

Posted by Skye | March 7, 2007 04:07 AM

liliana

I usually don't comment, but I do read your blog.

As a child of someone who battled depression for so many years, I just wanted to say that I cried when I read this entry, because that's the one thing I wished my mother would have done when we were younger. Just skipped a day and let life be. But she never did.

Posted by liliana | March 7, 2007 05:21 AM

Woman with Kids

Sounds like a perfect day.

Posted by Woman with Kids | March 7, 2007 07:33 AM

Kim

Everyone needs a break sometimes, including the kids. A few times a year we do that, not usually all on the same day, but that sounds like fun.

Posted by Kim | March 7, 2007 10:46 AM

karen

So. Fricking. Awesome.

Posted by karen | March 7, 2007 04:37 PM