A True Day Off...

I don't know about you but every once in a while I enjoy a day off from work..

Yeah...You know the stay- cation type of day off when you lazy around the house because the kids are in school and your husband is at work. The quiet time. Just you and your house.

You'll get eight great hours of do whatever the heck you want and have no guilt about ignoring the mountain of laundry set aside in the hallway instead of the laundry room because "it can wait until the designated scheduled laundry day...that's on Saturday by the way.

You'll even ignore writing out checks.. Oops no... Paying bills online because that too can wait.. until pay day. 

When a day off however, is presented when your kid school abruptly closes (because of fears of a fantasy snow storm) that glorious day off isn't as exciting.

A true day off you know has to be a day without noise..kids.. 

Ungrateful kids whose job on your day off is to remind you how "awesome" school closures are and how an extra day off would be even better. 

A true day off doesn't include making breakfast for anyone. 

Quite frankly a day off shouldn't include babysitting your own kid! 

You do what you must.  Offer up the most solid excuse to your suspicious spouse how he's more deserving of staying home with the kids. Drop the guilt trip adding... quality time is necessary between young boys and their fathers. 

You do what you must to convince your other half that his expertise...whatever the expertise....is necessary. 

You practice this ritual on your kid day off whether it's to save your sanity or not. 

Do this however, until you're afforded a true day off...when you have the house all to yourself. 

T.D. Giddens