Today is one of those rare days for me… peace, quiet, almost too quiet.  The boys are at grandma’s house today (something they love to do).  She spends the day spoiling them, as grandmas do, and they eat up every minute of it. 

This gives me an unusual amount of time to get things done that I need to get done.  In a way, it is almost overwhelming.  During the days when the kids tease each other all day and pick, pick, pick at the other and then yell and cry, there are definately times when I want to just get away.  Even good days, which are more the norm, are tiring because I have two VERY active boys (which I love) but that activity that I love for them can wear me out  :)   Then on days like today when they are nowhere around I feel almost awkward.  I feel like I’m missing something sometimes and at times I just feel like I don’t know what to do with myself. 

Am I suppose to do certain things when I don’t have the kids with me?  It is weird to say, but sometimes I feel like I actually get more done when they are here.  When I know I only have a few minutes or maybe an hour (during nap time) to get things done, that pushes me to get in gear and do it.  When I don’t have the kids and have all this free time I almost procrastinate a bit and don’t get anymore done than I would have had the kids been here.  I will sit down to relax “for a minute” and end up relaxing longer, definately longer than I had planned.  Then when I try to get things done I’m no longer in the mood so I have to push myself harder.  So in the end, I’ve accomplished the same thing I would have with the boys here - odd isn’t it?  But, I do know that it is good for me - we all need to relax every once on a while right?!

Like I said above, the boys love these days!  They get to eat pancakes with extra syrup and watch tv half the day and take numerous baths - without me to stop them :)  Grandma loves it too - even though by the end of the day she is feeling like I normally feel - I think she needs a nap.  The relationship the boys have with grandma is amazing and I am very glad that bond is as strong as it is.  I was very close with my grandparents when I was young, as was my husband, and that bond is absolutely irreplacable.  Grandma love (and grandpa’s) is something that simply can’t be explained.

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