Dec 05 2008
What Do You Miss Most About Your Life Before Children?
Before I get to the subject of this post, I want you to know (scroll down if you don’t care about this)–I have so many things on my mind today, all worthy of a full blog post. Some of which are:
1. My daughter being sick all week, despite being the near-germaphobe I am, keeping her warm, and doing my best to keep her well…
2. The incompetence I keep running into with the doggone realtors as we look for a house to rent for the next year…
3. OJ was sentenced to some substantial amount of time today (not quite sure how I was going to tie that into family life)…
4. We were having such an excellent discussion about divorce on my blog 2 days ago, that I MUST address some of the comments left by readers…
I still intend to razzle-dazzle you with my thoughts on all these topics in the future…
BUT, after I sent an email to my friends asking them to give me suggestions on my blog, I received a response back from Samantha. Sorry, I don’t have a blog link for her because she’s my real life friend, who hasn’t joined the blog community YET.
Samantha and I were chit-chatting (via text messaging, of course) on what we miss about our lives before we had the wonderfully perfect bundles of joy we now spend every minute thinking about and taking care of. I won’t ruin Samantha’s chance to leave a comment by telling you what she misses most. Instead, I will do what I do and expose my innermost feelings on what I miss most.
Drum roll, please…
5. Going to the movies.
4. Alone time with my honey.
3. Peace and quiet.
2. Being able to go where I want and when…
AND THE #1 THING I MISS MOST:
1. My body. It certainly has gone through some changes…and none are positive. Because of #2, I can’t seem to exercise the way I used to.
“A clean house” almost made the list, but I just say what the heck about that now.
For all you super parents, who don’t want to admit that everyday ain’t gravy and are starting to question whether I should be blogging about this, –YES, I love my daughter and would gladly trade away my life before having her with the one I have now to share the joys of her laughter and the fulfillment she brings.
And, for those of you who dare to think about life before your children–what do you miss most?
The featured pic is of my daughter at 4 months.
You know, I don’t remember anything before my kids that I miss.
Wow, my life is pathetic.
While I was pregnant, I assumed that after I had my baby I’d miss happy hour after work, or the ability to do things on a whim, boy was I wrong! I could care less about those things. The thing that I miss most is being able to leisurely read through a book. Before my son was born I was an avid reader. I didn’t realize how much until now. I would read at least one book a week. Now I find myself speed reading through a novel after my husband and son have fallen asleep. And I’m lucky if I read a book a month. I also miss cooking. I used to love going online and finding a new recipe to try out. Now cooking is a chore. And that’s another one…going online. It’s hard to surf the internet when my shadow is trying to help.
Now I have to admit, I’m probably not helping the situation. I LOVE my son and my husband, and unfortunately I have to work full time. My entire day is spent counting down the hours until I pick my sweetie up from his granny’s house. After I get home, all of my attention is focused on him and my husband.
Oh, and my old body. Pre-pregnancy I was good for prancing around on the beach in a two piece. This past summer, it took me two weekends to find a one piece I was satisfied with.
I actually miss going out after dark. Consider it movies, dinner, whatever. We’re consistently home and getting ready for bed by 9 PM. It’s just a different atmosphere to enjoy some manner of night life.
And I guess sleeping in would be nice too.
Did I mention the pre-pregnancy hips?
I’m mentioning them now.