Yep, I do.
I go into my bedroom and pull the curtains closed making it a little dark and hard to see in there. Then I pile pillows at the bottom of the bed so as to obstruct the view from the doorway of the chair that sits in my room.
My children will come to the door, look in and not see me even though I am in the chair.
Then they move on to another room, looking for me.
And sometimes (sometimes!) they will get distracted by something in another room and forget they were looking for me! And I get a few minutes to be Toni and not Mom!
Now, those are the moments a mom cherishes:sitting in a quiet, slightly dark room, sipping
Today will be one of those hide in the bedroom days. Indeed.
Claire is home from school
Yes, today I will skulk into my room and briefly hide from my children.
And, you know what? I'm not even ashamed of it.
Legal note: No children are neglected or injured as a result of this mother's reprieve. She can totally hear everything going on and only hides for a few minutes to recoup her sanity.
9 comments:
I totally feel ya. But you know that.
See you at drink-thirty (if we can last that long).
I'm so glad you wrote this post. We all have these days and you just reminded us that it's okay to take some time for yourself!
You are so cute! I hide too!
Have a good evening - Kellan
You know what? It's normal. And, perfectly fine.
Yep. I've been there, too. Actually, I'm there now. :)
I'll have to remember that trick! ;P
Karen of the MomDot Street Team
www.MomDot.com
Been there done that myself..and you know what, there is nothing wrong with that. This past weekend, I thought I was going to lose my mind....and I too had to slink away for a little while...it was only for ten minutes or so, but, it was enough...
You are funny. I get it. :)
BTW, I have left you some bloggy love on my blog.
Ditto what the others said: totally normal, totally fine, and how sad that you even had to think about the legal footnote. Sanity sometimes requires a minute, or so..., to yourself. :)
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