I blew my own trumpet recently by showing off 'de-stressing via cooking elaborate meals'.
It's only fair that I follow it up with what happened the week after: I did absolutely nothing!
We ate out twice (trust me having someone cook for you and no associated clean up was amazing)
Sumit cooked twice and we absolutely devoured the delish meals.
The stress level across both the weeks remained constant but the energy level went down, way down!
Silver Line: I did love how being taken care of without asking. I did love to talk in a monologue with a friend just so I could vent. In the bigger scheme of things, I did love just focusing my energy on one thing and the rest of things just 'happened'
However I missed being the provider, being the care taker (I can complain about this, Okay).
This is the tough and the true side of parents (working or not doesn't really change this). Sometimes you get a good week, sometimes a tough week and sometimes a week from hell. Schedules line up tight, you juggle a few things, you cant get to every commitment, you don't get to oversee the homework or sit for a good meal. But somehow at the end of it, it magically "fits".
Needless to say this week I plan to catch up: Starting by warm meals in our bellies, clothes folded and well laundried also, sitting with kids while theycomplain finish the homework, remembering to breathe through the stress of work and above all I plan to catch up on the the most important thing: My unfinished Netflix Series!
It's only fair that I follow it up with what happened the week after: I did absolutely nothing!
We ate out twice (trust me having someone cook for you and no associated clean up was amazing)
Sumit cooked twice and we absolutely devoured the delish meals.
The stress level across both the weeks remained constant but the energy level went down, way down!
Silver Line: I did love how being taken care of without asking. I did love to talk in a monologue with a friend just so I could vent. In the bigger scheme of things, I did love just focusing my energy on one thing and the rest of things just 'happened'
However I missed being the provider, being the care taker (I can complain about this, Okay).
This is the tough and the true side of parents (working or not doesn't really change this). Sometimes you get a good week, sometimes a tough week and sometimes a week from hell. Schedules line up tight, you juggle a few things, you cant get to every commitment, you don't get to oversee the homework or sit for a good meal. But somehow at the end of it, it magically "fits".
Needless to say this week I plan to catch up: Starting by warm meals in our bellies, clothes folded and well laundried also, sitting with kids while they
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