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Momma's Day Off

Since having a baby, I've have learned that sometimes a mom (and a dad) need time to do things for themselves. Luckily, hubby and I have one date night a month, courtesy of our friends, The P's but that is usually planned weeks in advanced. Hubbers and I are pretty much on our own the other times, which is makes it hard to be super social in a city that is all about being social. I suppose, I should find a babysitter but it's hard to trust just anyone with the most precious commodity of your life! So I guess it's a good thing hubbers and I enjoy spending time with our little family! Anyhow, Mom and also Dad needs a break every now and then for some good old fashion "me" time. Dad escaped the house the other day to see a movie and I decided to take an even bigger escape and take 2 days off from work. Since it wasn't busy it was the perfect time. I took Penny to daycare on both days and one day I headed to the relaxation of the spa with a giant sushi pigout afterward and the second day I scrapbooked. I love scrapbooking but who gets time to do it? Even during naps I have chores and housework to do. I happened to be looking at my paycheck the other day and I noticed I had a lot of vacation piled up so I decided that my "me time" would come in the form of 2 vacation days. In three words "It was heavenly." I love my kid, my dog and my hubbers but sometimes its just nice to be left with your own thoughts. I took Baby Girl to daycare so I didn't have to worry about her so I was left with a calmness. I used my gift certificate to Burke Williams and I got an 80 minute massage along with a spa manicure and pedicure. I was int he spa from 10am till 3:30pm and it was divine. I read magazines which I never get to do. I ate a banana at my own leisurely pace. I sat in the jacuzzi. I felt so relaxed. Then to top it all off I went to Kabuki and had happy hour sushi which means good sushi for half price which means that my tummy was full when I went to pick up Penny! On my second day off, I went to a few of my favorite scrapbook stores. I was looking for some themed paper. What I found is that both of my favorite, go-to stores had moved and their new stores were small with not much product. I guess the economy hit the scrapbook stores especially hard. I did manage to find some paper but I felt the whole effort of it all was wasted. My precious time was wasted finding these places. Next time I will jsut go to the big chain, Michaels and get what I need and leave the visits to the scrapbook places to the weekends or when I have the family with me. Not worth taking vacation time on the weekdays to go. I scrapbooked for 5 hours and I got 30 pages plus a lot of Baby Girl's mini-birthday book completed. Now that I have experienced momma bliss I think I am going to have to take more days off in the future. I've always just worked, worked, worked. Now its time to take some time for Momma.

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