"Me" Time

Yesterday afternoon I was lying on the bed reading a magazine while hubby was on the computer. I was tired and not at all ready to take hubby back to his dorms and face another week of being alone with the boys. The article I was reading started with these words: "We all do it. We all run that mental race as we zoom through our day. What needs to be done next? Did I remember to defrost the chicken for dinner?" At this point I put the magazine down and went to the kitchen to pull the chicken out of the freezer. On my way back to the bedroom I changed a diaper and pulled a load of laundry out of the dryer, threw another one in and sat down to fold laundry. When that was done I went back to my magazine: "Stop right there! It's time to lighten up and give yourself a stress break. Come on, take a little mental holiday from all those to-do's." Good idea! I put littlest down for nap. Showered, grabbed my magazine, gave hubby and Biggest a kiss goodbye and went to Starbucks for an iced coffee, slice of pumpkin loaf and some "me" time. It was so nice. I sat at an outside table. It was 80 something with a nice breeze. I read about fashion, supermarket saves, and recipes. I drove home an hour later feeling like I had been out all day. I even noticed some flowers (lots of them actually) growing on the side of the road near our apartment that I hadn't seen before.