So it has been a little more than a
month since I came home from my “grown up” vacation. Though it
feels like the trip happened eons ago.
I think I am still suffering a bit from
the post-vacation blues. It does not help that it is now the end of
the school year, which means... my schedule and quiet mornings will
now more or less disappear until September (YEAH! For summer camps!).
As much as I complain, I really do
enjoy spending time with my daughter.
It is just that I do not have the
patience or the personality to be a full time playmate to my little
girl. I do okay as her mother (most of the time... I think...), but
for the most part, I am just not a great friend for a kid... I cannot
play pretend for hours; I have trouble following where her
imagination takes her; and I am way too out of shape to chase her
around the playground. I am great though at reading stories; doing a
quiet craft; packing a picnic lunch; oh! and I am an expert at taking
a quiet nap together.
As I write and reread over this entry,
it got me to think that I really should approach this summer with a
new attitude. So no longer will I dread summer vacations. I shall
try to see it as an opportunity or an adventure. My kid still wants
to hang out with me! I should really just enjoy this time, and just
see where the summer will take us.
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