I have spent the better part of the last two days in my house, essentially detached from normal life. No texting or Facebooking, no customer calls, no need to be showered by any certain time.
And it was great!
While this staycation wasn't planned, it was rather impromptu because Liam got sick, it was one of the most relaxing things I have done in a while. And dare I say, one of the most valuable.
There are two reasons I felt this isolation from normal life was so valuable, and they probably won't surprise you when I say them.
The first was that slowing down and just being with my boys was good medicine for all of us. There was snuggles and naps, eating when we were hungry instead of by the clock, Assain's Creed IV where you get to be a pirate, and the Lord of the Rings trilogy. This slowing allowed us to bond by doing what each other liked. I learned that Noah is a really great problem solver because when we were stuck on a level he was able to suggest a solution that worked pretty much every time. Slowing down is good.
The second valuable piece from this two days is one I hope I can carry with me going forward and applies to my dating life as well. I need to remember who the most important people are in my life and invest time into them. I have a pretty structured schedule, and there are only a few daylight hours where I have free time to give to somebody unstructured, but if they are important, I should want to give them this time. (I also need to ask if there is some structured time I can give the boot, but that is a separate thought). Really though, if I keep my schedule busy, how will I be able to really know people
Yeah, the last two days were so great, it has me wishing I could skip my responsibilities for tomorrow and make it day 3 of an unconnected life.
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