I have to say, while many people are getting antsy and bored of staying home everyday, during the pandemic, I’m kind of loving it! Don’t get me wrong, I do need to get out and get some fresh air and hit up @Target or a grocery store each week, but I’m not exactly throwing down to sit at a restaurant or catch a movie.
Maybe because I finally have time to take care of those household chores I never got to do months ago, like clean my closet out and I LOVE organizing! Maybe because I can finally catch up on binge-watching those Real Housewives episodes that have been piling up. Maybe because it’s getting chilly outside and the thought of getting cozy under a blanket, on the couch, sounds amazing! Heck, I’ve even developed an appreciation for Sunday Football. Go figure. Things that I took for granted or couldn’t get around to doing in previous years because I just didn’t have time over the weekends, I could finally do and it. is. glorious!! I never got into watching Christmas movies because I mean…ya know, but this year, I actually gave it a chance and hello?! It is super cheesy and every plot seems to be the same, but it really does get me in the holiday spirit! It was perfect for getting in the mood to wrap all the presents!
I’m more present now that I spend all the days at home! I have time to play with the kids and listen to their stories. I don’t brush them off so quickly and rush them to bed. I have time to study with them and help with schoolwork. I baked with the kids more than once in the past month, which almost never happens. I got into decorating for the holidays (usually my husband owns this task because I think he truly enjoys it, while I just throw a bunch of ornaments up on one side of the tree so it looks decorated and call it a day). I actually bought a gingerbread house to decorate for the first time ever! Btw- that did not go over so well. How anyone can get their house to stay up with merely a line of icing is pure poppycock (to put it nicely). I almost threw that across the room several times. So instead, I laid the pieces across a bunch of plates and left them on the counter “for show” for about a week, before I got agitated at the sight cluttering my counter and tossed it to the curb.
I also just love being home because I’m able to enjoy my house again. For almost a year, we were living in a rental, half the size of our house, while it was being re-built (more on that in a separate post). We had just enough room to separate, but not spread out. We finally moved back over the summer and the appreciation for home has never been more valued.
Next year, I imagine, and pray, that I will be back to work, possibly in an office, which means that I won’t get this precious time to spend at home, with my family. I’m trying to cherish this time I have.
Never take the time you have with your family for granted. Who cares if your kids drive you crazy and you want to pull your hair out or your significant other drives you up a wall by their choice of entertainment. Once that time together is lost, you’ll wish you had it back. Love your home, especially if you have one to go back to.
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