A Day Off

quiet times are upon us for the moment. Hookie is a fun game when you are a school age pup. Not all parents will let their kids play hookie and these same parents will take random days off from work to go fishing or to a sale at the mall or some other personal business or adventure. I allow my kid moments like this. Why? Because she does work hard, if even with a little lip service to boot.

In a blended family we cannot see why one does one thing and another doesn't/ I am sorry for this fact because it appears that in the blending of the family I am in, I always am the odd man out in my decisions and such. I miss the days when we lived alone and I didn't have to atone for my choices in how I raise her. She's a good kid really. She deserves a day to take a break or a reward even if it is at night. Whereas most parents that do entertain the idea of giving their kid a day off tend to spend it outdoors or on a mini one day vacation, my kid and I spend her one day with a little rest and relaxation. It teaches her to spend a little quality time on herself and with her condition when she gets older, it will be warranted. Note, as a working stiff I rarely indulged in these days and it may have been my downfall not to as I felt like I was burning my candle shop from the ground up and from the roof down! Laurel needs to learn balance, and if that means a little wickedness comes along with the good nature then so be it. I would rather the wickedness to be carefully selected such as a "free" day than tossing frogs like I did when I was a kid. You can never appreciate what you have if it's all glorious nor if it is all misery. Gee mom, why did that rich kid kill himself when he had so much to live for? Money doesn't buy nor create happiness.

Sure the kid had two parents. Dad was always gone on a business trip amassing and worshiping the almighty dollar and definitely too busy to toss a ball or read a book. Mom filled her days with PTAs and Women's clubs and such and shopping with the girls. When they got older they wanted to fill their own voids and had all the greatest babysitters and nannies money can buy and propped their kids in social organizations like their own or sports arenas where the kids soon come to realize all the video games in the world won't tuck them in bed at night or kiss their foreheads with the reassurance and love of a tender mom or dad. Kids need structured time for academics and play and physical exercise and meditation. Not set television time and off to granny's house or over to "Billy's" house so his mom can keep track while I go try on a swimsuit with the girls for my upcoming trip to Cabos with my hubby when he pries himself away from that gorgeous nineteen year old secretary.  I feel for these families and it reinforces my day off every now and then when my kid and I just sit and talk or do nothing but sleep and watch a meaningful program together, maybe even go to the movies come nightfall. Laurel had her day off. She spent it sleeping and catching up, which she obviously needed and it made her much more appreciative of going back to school the next day. She will catch up her missed work and I will heal (sick again I am afraid and not sure I want to tell her as it makes twice in one week). and we will get caught in another rut which she will need a day off from in the next month or so. I love her and I hope she remembers not just that I gave her days off but also why. Or at least asks me why.~mobe's love to her all and her all to her loves.