A Week Off

After being so behind on posting because of sickness & time-off, this is finally my last belated post of the 2011 holiday season.

I was very fortunate this year to be able to take the week between Christmas & New Year’s off. My plans for the week were to get some overdue deep-cleaning of the house done, along with some organizing, along with some personal shopping time, along with family time; but of course, there is never enough time to get everything you want & need to do done!

It was wonderful. We spent the Monday after Christmas together as a family, as Cory had the day off as well. We relaxed, put some new Christmas gifts together and put most of the Christmas gifts away. I decided to keep the boys in daycare a few days during the week (for shorter hours) to keep them in the routine and also to give myself time. So Tuesday I got a deep clean of the main level of our house done while the boys were at daycare and Wednesday I got some Christmas exchanges/returns done and shopped for a new washer/dryer set (which we hope to replace in early 2012!). Thursday & Friday, Cory had off as well, so we did a little bit more running around and bought supplies to put up a few more shelves for storage in the basement. Friday was another fun, family day. We met our good friends and their two little ones at the local children’s museum to play in the morning (the kids all had a blast!) and then went out to a pizza buffet for lunch. We headed home for the boys afternoon nap and relaxed at home that evening.

Saturday, for New Year’s Eve, we got together with a group of friends and all the kiddos for some playtime and a grill out. We brought jammies along and stayed until the boys’ bedtime – they did really good & were having such a fun time playing with all the other kids. On our way home we stopped and picked up a movie and enjoyed it after putting the boys down for the night. I’m disappointed to tell you that we didn’t make it up until midnight, but we did stay up much later than what we normally do…does that count at all??!! We went to church the next morning and then had my parents, sister & nephews (who were staying up at my parents for New Year’s) over for a chicken lunch.

In total I had 10 days off in a row (plus a short week the week prior with all our sicknesses). I had such a blast the entire time, spending time with friends & family, but most importantly getting to spend more time with my hubby & boys. That made it really rough coming back to work last Monday (although I did survive the whole week). I’d love to be able to take off time like that more frequently…I can dream, can’t I??!!