Down Time

Here we are. Thanksgiving is rapidly approaching, family plans are being made; kids are going to be with their dad for the holiday weekend.

They don’t have school all week, so they have been going to the Rogers Activity Center each day, and they are enjoying it pretty well. I haven’t received any reports of behavior issues!! I take that as a huge WIN for this week.

We went to dinner at Corona restaurant out by our house last night. They are closing after Thanksgiving, and my oldest daughter is so bummed. So, we had to get one final meal from them, per her request.

We have so much to be thankful for this season, and I really want to enjoy this down time I’m about to have, as I don’t get much at all.

These next 4 days will be spent with family, getting that quality time that is much needed, but also some personal time.

I really do enjoy being alone, and some people might find that to be strange, but I don’t.

Without that personal, private time, I would most likely become a co-dependent person, and that is not a healthy way to live. I love being independent.

I am enjoying the freedom, flexibility, to just do what I want on a whim.

As for what I’m thankful for: My children; watching them grow, developing their individual personalities, interests, sense of humors, and discovering what they need from me, as their mom.

I am going to miss them this Thanksgiving, the first one in our new home. But, they will have Christmas here, and we will decorate together, make and decorate cookies, and do all the festive things together.

Holidays are my favorite time of year, and it fills my heart with joy, just all the things of the season.