Wow, time for me!

I love being with the kids and having them be my main focus in life while they are little but I am so glad that I’m starting to take some time for myself lately. I never really felt that I was depriving myself of “me time” or “John and me time” before but now its something that I think I need to think about more often. Last week I went out to dinner with a friend and then John and I left the kids to go see a movie on Friday night. Yesterday I happened upon some alone time to relax by accident. All 3 kids fell asleep in the car after a day at the park, ice cream and then library. I was lucky enough to carry each one in asleep and they stayed that way. I thought about cleaning and then made a phone call instead and when they all stayed asleep I latched the front doors, put the baby monitor on outside and went for a swim ALONE. Its the first time I’ve done that since we got the pool this spring and it was great. I didn’t have to hold 2 kids or referee splashing and I actually swam until I got tired. Then I lounged on the inflatable snow tube until I got too chilly. Now tonight I’m off to dinner with 3 friends (I’m bringing the baby but she is easy). I’m starting to feel spoiled!