At the beginning of this year (a scary ten months ago), I remember vowing that I would make the most of our weekends. I vowed that we would be the consummate Northern Suburbs yuppie family, and that we would spend at least some part of our "family time" doing "family stuff". There would be the beach, the zoo, picnics with friends, swimming on warm days, bicycle rides on cooler days, bushwalks with our Macpac carrier, even weekends away - just the three of us. How much of that has eventuated?
Jack. Diddly Squat. Sod all.
A typical weekend for the three of us usually consists of Jahan buzzing around us while Duncan attempts to do chores and I try to catch up on sleep in the afternoons. Occasionally we go down to Westfield to have some breakfast before doing a grocery run. Or we might visit the hardware store so that Duncan can attempt some domestic tasks while Jahan naps. On Sunday mornings we go to church, but the rest of the day seems to disappear either on cleaning, shopping, sleeping or doing work that we brought home from the office.
Is this how we want to continue living?!?! Aaargh! I can't believe that I've wasted 15 of the most precious months of my son's life limiting him to the attractions of our home, the hardware store or the local shopping centre! I seriously need to change a few things around here.
But then I've made that vow before... :-(
Posted by Dayan at October 13, 2004 05:14 PMAh! I recognise this particular existential crisis. Let me know if you manage to change anything. I think I'm just getting better at not having the crisis.
Posted by: Sureka at October 14, 2004 10:02 AM