Ambrose wants to stay home today and keeps blaming it on the fact that he's, "Too tired" or "Not feeling well." I can't detect any actual sickness and concluded that it's a mental health day. I took these all the time as a kid and always thought I was fooling my mom so expertly.
Now that I am older I realize that all those mental health days had less to do with my stellar acting skills and more to do with a really understanding and patient mom. I try to remember that when I really want Ambrose to go to Happy School so I can get my list of to-dos crossed off.
The minute I declared we could stay home and watch Coraline I felt relief to be in my PJ shirt and leggings all day. It's hard for me to be social day in and day out and it always has been. Don't get me wrong. I'm not some hermit, but in many ways I'm still looking for the perfect excuse to get me out of another day navigating the halls of my high school full of people to figure out and quizes I never studied for. Some times you just need a moment or day or even week to pad around your home with the hum of your kids playing in the background and the enticement of your sewing cabinet or a good book or even the feverish ramblings of your own pen on a solid, trusty notebook to rejuvenate you to face life again.
I don't think I'm weird. Just not wired for everyday get-up and go!
It's not so strange right? Ambrose seems to understand this burrowing instinct. He must be mine.
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Completely relate. Still take mental days off and hate being social day in and day out. It's too exhausting for me.
What a cute boy. I want to stay home with him too!
not strange at all. unless you think i'm strange and then it is.
You have such a way of describing my feelings about certain things so perfectly! I wish I were so stellar with words. Is that even a proper usage of the word stellar? Probably not. Haha.
Here's to loving to stay home and not put on a face for anyone!
Fight the urge. We just got out of woods into the rythmn of daily living just a couple of generations ago. Don't go back. Ditching is a big temptation. Well one day of happy school won't ruin anyone.
So me, as well...
I'm the exact same way. I barely even went to high school because I loved staying home so much and working on some project or other. Cuddling up in bed is the best! I think we are the same person almost. Eisley forever!
Ah, thank you, someone who really understands! I think we may be related! Or perhaps this is why we are good friends that don't see each other very much.. which we probably should work on!
I'm not wired for everyday get-up and go either. But I am perfectly fine with that!
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