I've been feeling overwhelmed lately by all the things I have to get done so a list is the best way to keep track of all those things. Now the list kept growing so I decided to make it more manageable and I divided the list into subgroups. Well even the subgroups started to get too long. So I chucked the lists and just made one with the things I have to do in the next week. If it absolutely has to get done next week it's on the list.
As I read over this much shortened list I see that there isn't one thing on there that I am going to enjoy. Most of them are chores and stuff I have to do for one child or another. I know I haven't made my plan yet but the overall plan is to get my spark back so shouldn't there be something on that list that includes that?
At the very end of the long list of chores and obligations I wrote, "go out for dinner somewhere nice with someone you enjoy." And not only that but the evening must have a theme. The theme should dictate what we eat and talk about. Now I just have to figure out who to invite and discuss a common theme with them. Most likely I'll invite my older sister.
Why not my husband you ask? Well I used to always ask for gift certificates for my birthday and then would take him out with those. Did he ever once do the same for me? Nope. He would always ask for things that only he could use and if he got money he would buy something only for himself, never did he use that money to take me out for supper or a movie. So in keeping with the situation I decided if that's how he feels about going out with me I could find a much more suitable person to go out with. Of course I told him all about it but he didn't bat an eye and went happily about his business. So I'll see how much it burns when he stays home to watch the kids while my sister and I go out for supper with the gift certificate he bought for me for Christmas.
Oops, that's an entirely different topic and I could devote entire years of my life to writing about how to train a man since his mother didn't do a very good job but I've got more import stuff to do like getting my spark back!
As I read over this much shortened list I see that there isn't one thing on there that I am going to enjoy. Most of them are chores and stuff I have to do for one child or another. I know I haven't made my plan yet but the overall plan is to get my spark back so shouldn't there be something on that list that includes that?
At the very end of the long list of chores and obligations I wrote, "go out for dinner somewhere nice with someone you enjoy." And not only that but the evening must have a theme. The theme should dictate what we eat and talk about. Now I just have to figure out who to invite and discuss a common theme with them. Most likely I'll invite my older sister.
Why not my husband you ask? Well I used to always ask for gift certificates for my birthday and then would take him out with those. Did he ever once do the same for me? Nope. He would always ask for things that only he could use and if he got money he would buy something only for himself, never did he use that money to take me out for supper or a movie. So in keeping with the situation I decided if that's how he feels about going out with me I could find a much more suitable person to go out with. Of course I told him all about it but he didn't bat an eye and went happily about his business. So I'll see how much it burns when he stays home to watch the kids while my sister and I go out for supper with the gift certificate he bought for me for Christmas.
Oops, that's an entirely different topic and I could devote entire years of my life to writing about how to train a man since his mother didn't do a very good job but I've got more import stuff to do like getting my spark back!
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