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I am busy.
I am up and out of the house by 6:45am each morning (earlier if there is a meeting or bad weather threatening my commute).
I teach from 7:30-2:30 with no planning period and only 25 minutes for lunch.
There are usually students in my classroom from 2:30 until around 4:00 working on absent work, getting help, or retaking failed tests.
It’s difficult for me to get out of the door by 4:30pm so that I can be home in time for Cort to leave for his night class.
And once I am home, I am in charge of Eddie until bedtime at 8:00pm
Me time? Is hard to come by these days. At least not without loads of mom guilt with it.
But if there is one thing I have learned from my ppd support groups, it’s that if I want to continue my healing, I have to cut out some me time every single day.
So every day, after I tuck Eddie into bed but before Cort gets home from class, I take my laptop and cuddle into my big brown chair.
My laptop is my me time when I am at home. It’s where I read and connect and write. I can get lost for an hour in chatting with my friends and writing what’s on my heart.
I have found that my at home me time is not always enough though. You see, other than when Cort has class? I am never alone in our house.
Since Cort is unemployed and Eddie is a toddler, when I have days off from school? They are here with me.
I have to carve out “away” me time too. For my sanity.
That is why at least once a month I try to carve out a Friday night with friends.
To be honest? I always dread the night out.
Not when I plan it…then I am excited about it.
But as it approaches I start to dread my time away. The mom guilt and the wife guilt set in. I worry about being too tired and not any fun.
I am always, ALWAYS wrong.
Getting out of the house with my girls is always good for me. It reminds me that I am not just a mom. I am not just a wife. I am a friend too. And I am Kate.
When I am reminded of who I am? I am a better mom…and wife.
How do you find time for yourself? Do you get the mom guilt thrown at you too?
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