Freedom!!!

Spring Break is over!!!!! This morning dawned new and full of promise with clean uniforms and full lunch boxes. My house is actually quiet right now. IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY!! I am still in my sweats and sweatshirt and loving life right now. Granted, not all school days are this good, but Madigan has a play date. So for exactly 59 more minutes I don't have to play mommy. I think that one of the hard thing about school vacations is that moms forget who they are. They go from independent, productive members of society to Cinderella, the dragon, the pillow, the tissue, the buddy, the friend and the enemy in a very short time frame. I love doing all of those things; they keep me young. The problem lies in that I forget I am also an adult with adult responsibilities and feelings. I get wrapped up in movie days and Burger King wrappers. Everything in my house falls apart. I conveniently forget to cook or do laundry because we are on "vacation". Who worries about clean socks on vacation??? Clearly not me. I feel guilty not indulging every whim and 'leaving' my kids alone to do things like talk to my sister or mom on the phone, clean the bathroom or even make beds. I don't feel like that during a normal week. We have structure, a plan that must be followed, certain steps that must be taken to make our lives run smoothly. I have to make beds, do laundry, cook supper and give baths within a certain window of opportunity or the world may stop spinning on its axis. (I wonder why Mason is so inflexible--hmmmm) These things must be done for me to survive. School breaks are a different story. I feel it is my God given duty to pamper my children and spend every second glued to them or they won't remember it as a "fun" vacation. They will be hating me in 20 years for being the boring mom. Heaven Forbid. So here I sit and know that the last week basically didn't exist because I did NOTHING, but I am having a harder time getting back into school mode than the kids did this morning. Surely there are dishes to put away, dust that is invading every crack and crevice of my home and beds that have crusty sheets because they haven't been changed yet this week. What in the world will this house look like after 3.5 months of summer break??? OUCH!! Well, as much as needs to be done still I sit here doing what I want to be doing. I am relaxing. I know that in 46 minutes I have to turn my button on to be "Super Mom" again. We have to get gas, go to the grocery, pick up Mason, go to the optician to get Mason's glasses fixed, get home, eat supper, take baths, read at least 3 chapters in our Magic Tree House chapter book, say our prayers and go to bed. Not bad for 4-5 hours. If you need me in the next 40 minutes I will be sitting here continuing my nothing streak, but after that I will try to squeeze you in while driving somewhere because that is the only "free" time I have......