Time Out

So, it's been a while since my last post. Caring for and homeschooling three little ones leaves very little free time. Who knew?

I have a confession to make. I hate taking a shower. Don't get me wrong. I LOVE being clean. I just hate taking time out of my day to bathe. Same is true for drying my hair. Both activities require me to stand still and do NOTHING ELSE for at least ten minutes. If I'm going to be still and do only one thing, I'd like for that thing to be sleep.

I'm a chronic multi-tasker. If I find myself doing only one thing, I feel like I'm doing nothing at all. I don't even watch TV without doing something else at the same time: fold laundry, check email, work out. I have found over the last year of being a Mom of Three that standing still is going backward. Laundry not folded today is a pile of laundry threatening to humanize and take over our home tomorrow. Dishes multiply in the sink like algae in a swamp. Untidied toys unite in cover of darkness, plotting mutiny.

My aversion to showering is especially acute when I don't get to bathe until the boys are in bed, which is more often than not. Once they're in bed, I really want to make the most of every precious child-free moment, doing all the things I can't do when they're awake. I don't want to waste a single minute standing still in the shower.

I understand that I may be alone in this. I'm sure many women see those few moments in the shower as alone time. It's funny what becomes a simple pleasure when you're too busy to remember to brush your teeth. Going to the grocery store alone is a rare luxury. Though I find that, without the incentive to get out as quickly as possible, the grocery bill is slightly higher when I shop alone.

Even sitting here typing this takes me away from a million other things that demand my time. I guess that's why these entries are few and far between. So, I'll step away from the computer and try to decide which of those million things comes first. I think I'll start with hugging my boys.