I am currently bracing myself for a new stage of life:
Child free days.
Very soon I am going to have all of my seven cherubs attending school.
I will have child free days, all to myself.
Amazing! I never thought these days would come.
I have had a child or children at home for 13 years straight now.
Child free days seemed so far away and yet now they seem to have come so fast.
I am still trying to get my head around it happening, it being real.
Part of me is delirious with excitement and the other part of me wants to cry deep sobs in my room.
I am going to miss those crazy games I have to play that bore me to death.
I am going to miss the concerts, the tantrums and sweet memories of little ones running around my home.
My cherubs are growing up so fast and I am so proud of who they are today.
But, I will sure miss having a cherub at home.
In preparation for this new stage of my life I have started talking to myself more, a natural progress I think :)
I have started writing a list of all the fun activities I want to do by myself.
So far my list includes: afternoon sleeps, watching movies and reading books.
Yes, I am sure going to miss my cherubs but seriously...sleeping, movies and books is looking pretty good right now!
I know exactly how you feel. I wandered around my house for the first week in an absolute daze, I didn't have a clue what to do with myself. It was my first time in 14 years. It was just bizarre. Ha. I still miss my little one.
ReplyDeleteI am thinking that is what I will be doing..wandering around in a daze!
DeleteIt will definately take some getting used to! You will have to recreate a new school hours life in a way. Exciting! But I think it will take you time to adjust. And I predict many tears initially! But I bet you grow to love it. Good luck for the new chapter
ReplyDeleteThanks for your well wishes. I am thinking tears as well but I need a new plan to cope I think.
DeleteWow, thirteen years. It will be hard to adjust to! Like when you get a (rare) night off, but you think that every noise you hear is one of your children calling out to you! Enjoy.
ReplyDeleteGo out for coffee, lots!
ReplyDeleteWow Naomi, that really is going to be a big change! However, you'll also have seven school children with uniforms, bags, notes, projects, lunches, assemblies, and so on... I think that will keep your days pretty full as it is!!
ReplyDeleteYou were born to be a mom. Enjoy your ME time, and remember, they'll be home to drive you happily crazy soon.
ReplyDeletexxoo
The same thing happened to me Naomi, so I put my name down to help at school! I put myself down as being available 5 days a week (thought I was being 'flexible' to fit in with the others), unfortunately due to lack of volunteers, I am up at the school 3 mornings a week! The first couple of weeks when school started, I did spend a lot of my time walking aimlessly through the house wondering what to do first? I had so many choices!
ReplyDeleteGet the tissues ready ;-)
such a milestone for everyone! These photos are so gorgeous by the way! You will soon not know what to do with yourself... x
ReplyDeleteHi Naomi! Found your lovely blog through twitter... I have enjoyed reading your posts:) Very hard to leave the last one go but I'm sure you will adjust:) Hope you are having a good weekend!
ReplyDelete~Anne
Hi. I & my daughter Mia would live an I pod touch so I can remove 1 direction from my phone and she can listen to it in peace without me asking for my phone back!!!!
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