Stir Crazy

This month has been eventful and yet I still feel like the cabin fever is about to get the best of me.  I feel that I have been doing better than average.  This month really isn't any different from all the previous months that we have spent in Virginia.  But as I take a moment to consider what my daily life consists of, I know that I really don't have time to feel stir crazy or cabin fever.  This month, all 22 days of it so far, I can calculate on one hand how many times I have opened my front door to leave my house.  I have gone to Wal-Mart once for our monthly grocery haul.  I have walked outside to check the mail twice. And I have gone with the entire family, Brian included, to the babies 12 month well baby visit (that was mostly because it is impossible for one adult to do it themselves). 

Moms often talk about their need to "find time for themselves."  I never really understood it until recently, and I am sure I still don't have a full grasp on the concept.  The idea of being able to hang with the lady friends sounds like a bizarre concept (though I did get a GNO with my two favorite lady friends in July) especially on a semi-regular basis.  Find time for myself.  If all those moms were referring to their need for private time in the restroom, yes I need to find that.  If all those moms were referring to being able to take a nice relaxing shower, yes I need to find that.  Or even time/want to shower more than three times a week.  I know it sounds gross to me too!  This concept coming from someone who would shower two/three times daily; I apparently go from one extreme to the next.  If those moms were referring to being able to have a single thought enter their head that didn't have anything to do with being a mom/wife/chauffeur/cook/cleaning lady/budget mistress/teacher/primary teacher/psychologist/liaison/babysitter/laundry lady/etc, yes I need to find that moment. 

I guess in closing all these thoughts and sentiments bring us to one large factor.  I NEED TO GET OUT OF MY HOUSE!  And lucky for you, me and the rest of the world, I get to get out, sooner than later.  Why?  Because my in laws, Ann and Pat, are coming to visit us in two weeks.  I am so excited to get my tourist on!  I am so excited to be able to have a regular conversation with another adult during the day (not a slight to Brian or my Aidan).  I am so excited to be able to have a reason and a desire to shower and leave the house.  In two weeks I will have a break from the boring and the mundane.