It’s utterly and completely quiet here. So quiet I can hear the water sprinkler outside. In a house with three boys it NEVER gets this quiet!
So, how does a mom get to enjoy quiet like this?
Well, she totally and completely flakes! She tells her husband she refuses to go one more night to Cub Scout Camp and do “buddy-checks” while swatting at mosquitos – it is HIS TURN!
She tells her friend that she can’t come watch the fabulous movie and knit (even THOUGH it has been almost a week since she got to indulge in her favorite pasttime).
She makes her family wimpy sandwiches (YES! This IS your dinner! Eat it!) – throws them out the door – falls on to her bed and sleeps for 45 blissful minutes!
She awakens refreshed. She wanders around the house wondering what to do with herself. Finally, she finds an ok movie and knits. She turns off the semi-ok movie and just listens…….aaahhhh….that’s nice!
Silly woman….you call the friend, say I’m better now, and enjoy!
I have a hard time finding quite with ONE boy, let alone THREE of them? Man, I don’t know how you do it. Sometimes, I just yearn for a quiet moment (and at this moment I’m saying “please, just go to bed! It’s 10 o’clock for crying out loud!”). I lvoe it now at my new job, that I get home nearly 2 hours before they do and have some “ahhhhhhhhh” time!
Those moments are so rare!!
It’s a wonderful sound, isn’t it?
Enjoy your solitude and quite Amy! 🙂
I love a good 45 minute nap. Sometimes it feels like 8 hours to a tired body.
Oh! I love it when I get a day ALL TO MYSELF! … The quiet is so nice that I refuse to even turn the music on!