I haven't been much in the mood for writing these past few days. Too much going on and not enough energy at the end of the day to ponder what it might be that I would like to share.
Pat and I had a great time in Red Wing. Great food and just not enough R & R! but again, when does one EVER get enough of that. We had a jacuzzi suite and man, what a huge tub!!!!! We could practically swim in the thing. The entire bathroom was quite impressive as was the room. But for the money we paid I guess I would have been very disappointed in anything less.
On Saturday we spent the entire day browsing the town. Gift shops and looking at what Red Wing is well known for; pottery. I wound up getting a pretty large flower pot for under our fish tank. The Red Wing logoed stuff most certainly isn't cheap. But all the same, it is very nice. Other than that, we didn't do all that much. The weather wasn't very cooperative so it kind of put a damper on things.
On our way home we were talking about how for the last 5 years we have kind of been putting our marriage on the back burner. That it has most definately not been a priority. Kids in sports and stress of daily life both of us just took for granted that we were sailing along and our marriage didn't need that time away. But I'm sure many can agree that in a strong marriage that it is THAT very assumption that makes us forget that time alone is important. Well, at least for Pat and I this occurs.
I told him that I was going to start planning a weekend away once a month and he chuckled and said, "Well, we don't need to get away that often!" Of course my answer to that was a typical female reaction, "Ahh, geez, glad to know that you like spending time alone!!!" He was talking about the expense of it but for me, a night at a campground in a tent next to a fire would be perfect and cheap and Pat agreed too. Of course there would be not hot tub to ease the pain in our backs...oh well.
Now that our kids are gettting older, it seems to be getting a little easier to take some time for ourselves. At times I feel selfish but for 16 years, Pat and I have focused on our kids and their lives, I don't think it's too far fetched to start acting like a married couple now. And I must say that in the summer we need it the most. SOCCER SEASON!!!!! Yep, it is soccer season. It is starting off relatively slow but Pat and I can feel the overwhelming schedule looming just around the corner.
Our oldest is in traveling and has her first tournament this weekend. Pat is coaching our 10 year olds' team which is also a traveling team. And our second oldest will be playing on a women's league with one of my daycare parents. Talk about feeling pulled in 6 different directions! Deciding which game to go see, squeezing in practices, ugh!
I feel bad for Pat, he is a very busy man this time of year. With his reporter job, he has here and there to run, meetings to attend...then he has his other job with the cemetary which is busier in the summer than ever. Maybe the thought of all of this has been keeping me from writing. For as much as I love summer, man, the busy schedule is exhausting, moods are foul, and there simply is no time for a life! But the best part of it all is watching our kids play soccer. The two older girls have really found their niche and have reached that 'no fear' stage of the game.
Funny, we usually end up with people mad at us by the end of summer because Pat and I fight to have a weekend day to just be. We are constantly busy and when we try to tell family members that we're tired and don't want company, 9 times out of 10, they feel like we're blowing them off. The price we pay for working to be a family!!!!
Oh well, this is the best I have to offer for now. Quite boring but felt as though I needed to write about something!
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