Adam took the boys backpacking this weekend and left Naomi and I to bask in quiet solitude.
Do you know what it's like to have 2 boys who have done nothing but wrestle, fight, whine, tackle, pound, hammer, wrestle, pester, laugh, yell, slop, drop, wrestle - suddenly leave the house for over 48 hours? I'm in heaven, minus the pearly gates and streets of gold, which, let's be honest, in this summer time heat would only serve to burn my feet.
I say all of this because, in the last 48 hours, the time that I would normally have spent making snacks, breaking up fights, ripping my hair out and making more snacks, has been spent, among other things, staring at a wall. But who can blame me? It's my form of detoxification, and it needed to be done before I could fully enjoy my weekend without the two boys who have a tendency to suck every last bit of energy from my body.
Don't get me wrong. I love them. I just like them better when I don't have to hear their background noise all day long. Amen.
In case you were wondering, I did manage to pull my eyes off the wall and get a few things done around the house. Now, normally I would have pooh-poohed the idea of cleaning my house when given the rare opportunity to do things like sit and read a book, but the truth is, the lure of cleaning my house and it staying clean for 2 days was too appealing for this mother to pass up.
I mopped the floors on Friday, and they have yet to be christened by apple juice or some other impossibly sticky substance. The longest running record for clean floors in my house was passed 46 hours ago. Amazing!
The boys bathroom is spotlessly clean. There are no pee stains anywhere. And the toothpaste is exactly where it should be...still in the tube. Hallelujah!
While Adam spent 48 hours with 2 boys who did nothing but hike, wrestle, fish, fight, whine, tackle, pound, hammer, wrestle, pester, laugh, yell, slop, drop, wrestle and throw rocks, I relaxed, watched movies, visited Starbucks, read books and sipped iced tea.
Oh, I should also mention that I ate too many desserts and not enough veggies.
Don't judge me.
From the ninth cloud,
Anna
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