Where Are The Cartoons?
It’s Saturday morning, and my house is eerily quite. The kids all spent the night with my mom last night, and Chris worked last night so he’s sleeping. I’m left all by my lonesome. I know most moms would kill for the quiet time, but I don’t really like it. Saturday mornings are supposed to have noisy kids eating dry cereal in their pj’s and watching cartoons. Days like today make me crazy happy about this big family we’ve made for ourselves. Lots of silence is not for me. An hour or two to take a nap when I’m tired is good. Hours and hours on end with no one to talk to gets me down. I like people. I like my little people. I miss them when they’re gone.
I made myself a smoothie for breakfast. Frozen blackberries, a peach yogurt, a banana, and some orange juice. Turns out, without my little ones to share with, I made myself two smoothies. That was slightly reminiscent of when I was first married. It was a huge adjustment for me to learn how to cook for two people instead of the meals for eight people that I was used to cooking for my large family at home. I have to keep an eye on myself, or I start to have that whole empty nest thing going on about twenty five years too soon. If I’m not careful, I might start thinking four is not enough.
Did you know that when you don’t have little hands in your hair or little feet in your back while you’re trying to sleep at night that you wake up a lot earlier? I’ve found this to be true. I woke up at six o’clock this morning…and then at eight. I finally got up at eight thirty, and wasn’t sure what to do with myself. Usually, when the kids spend the night with a grandma, Chris is off work and they keep the kids so we can have some time together. With him sleeping today because he worked last night, I’m just kind of…here. Blogging about nothing.
I guess I could find some food that requires chewing and not just sipping, take a shower, turn on some music, and get some cleaning done. I think that would be the responsible thing to do. I might turn on some cartoons just for the heck of it. Does Pepper Ann still come on tv on Saturday morning? Probably not.
