i sent my family away for a week. i really did. i said I was going to do it on facebook at the beginning of the summer and everyone was like, sure you are. and also, there were a lot of, let me know when you do and i'll come over! and guess what guys? i actually did it. and no one actually came over because no one on facebook knew because i DELETED my facebook. done. gone. forever. not even sad about it, but definitely, definitely out of the loop. want to know why the phonebook is a thing of the past? because we have facebook. no one will ever find me and i will never find them and the social lives of my children will suffer as a result.
want to know what i did all week? i edited all the photoshoots i never get around to editing because i have five children and they literally never leave my side, or i am taking an online statistics class and it becomes all consuming until i am eating, breathing, and dreaming of statistics and that class has been over for WEEKS now but last night guess what i dreamed about? statistics. and how i needed to be tested for it again. and i couldn't remember anything.
i also skimmed a bunch of walls and then i sanded those walls and then i painted those walls and then i swept and swept and swept and swept and swept and still there is a fine layer of sanded joint compound all over my floor. buyer beware: if you sand the joint compound it will never leave you ever and you two shall be as one.
want to see a photo? i guess i'll have to take one. i bought a rug and put it in there, i hung five precious silhouettes of my children that i bought myself as a graduation present (Iiam always buying myself the most thoughtful gifts). i have a new light to install, to replace an old one. can i brag about this for a second, guys? I DID THIS. i updated a portion of our house. i made the walls smooth. i painted. i bought a new light fixture, for heavens sake. does this make me one of those diy bloggers? probably. should i post a tutorial? only if you want to know how to do this the wrong way, probably. this whole thing is so unbelievably imperfect that i'm afraid i've lowered the value of the house.
to spend some days working without interruption was really good for my mental health. i just want you to know that. i'm also amazed at how much i miss my children. also, i do not miss them yet and could do another week, but this time i wouldn't work. i'd sit. and read. and watch something funny on the television. and i'd eat a little more ice cream (ben & jerrys has a delicious dairy free ice cream that also does not have gluten in it! woohoo!!). next year. i say next year because you can bet all of your big, fancy dollars that i am doing this next year. i'll probably do the girls room. and make more time to read.
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