Mama Needs Friends Too

I wanted to go out with my League friends last night. In order to do this, my husband had to switch his schedule and I still needed a babysitter for an hour and a half. The social started at 6:30 - it was a painting party at Roey's Paintbox but I wanted to make a stop at Milk and Honey Kids first. It took me an hour and a half to get to a store that's only 25 minutes away. Once I made my purchases - yes the sale was worth it, it took me another 40 minutes to get to my final destination. More traffic and a misguided GPS to blame for this one. Once I found a parking spot I realized I had no change for the meter and this meter didn't take credit cards like some do. I had to call in to a number and create an account before I could FINALLY pay to park. I kid you not, at this point I was literally on the verge of stamping my feet and throwing a full blown toddler tantrum. Once I finally made it to my destination I was a half an hour late.

Thankfully, I didn't miss anything but socializing, they were just about to pick up their paintbrushes when I walked in. As creative as I am, painting and drawing are not things I excel at but Roey takes you step by step through it and in the end I have a picture of Red Poppies that I am pretty proud of - my Mom is trying to claim the picture for her guest room and I take that as a very high compliment.What really made my night is that everyone who brought snacks to share thought of me and brought things that were gluten free. I even had my own selection of cupcakes and icing shooters!

My day is spent catering to my children and although I am trying to teach them to do for themselves and to ask me for things instead of demand things from me, any way you look at it, I am doing things for them and to keep our house running smoothly. I thank goodness that my husband is supportive of my work with the League and is willing to change his schedule so I can go out on nights like this. Although I could have done without the 2+ hours in the car, that adult conversation and the chance to just be me and not "Mommy" is exactly what I needed to recharge my batteries. I was happy to shuffle the kids around this morning and to the park for a picnic after camp. I didn't mind pushing them on the swings, and watching them climb, and hang, and jump. I was tolerant of the 50 questions on the way to the park about the park and although I wish they would actually nap during their rest time, I am not yelling at them to be quiet, I'm simply reminding them that if they don't go to sleep they will not get to swim in the big pool after their lessons tonight.

So thank you to my friends who went out last night, who made me laugh, who thought of me when they were buying snacks, and who listened to me when I talked about my kids - you know we can't get away from them completely;) I hope you all know what you mean to me.