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I want to know how other moms do it. I can’t seem to find time for me anymore.
I use to get my hair highlighted a couple times a year, enjoying my time at the salon getting it cut, styled and pampered. Now it is a mad dash just to get it cut. I rush in say wash and cut, please. Then it is a mad dash back home. Half the time I don’t even get it dried.
My current hair style, wash and go… I think my curling iron gets really excited when I pull it out from the bottom of the drawer and blow the dust off of it.
My girlfriend and I use to get together and go for manicures and pedicures. Now I just don’t want to spend the money and last time I told her no I didn’t want to go. What is wrong with me? Seriously, I said no to an afternoon of pampering to stay at home with the kids and my husband. Have I lost my mind?
I really miss the days when a group of us girls would get together and go for massages. A local radio station use to run these specials where you could buy a $50 gift certificate for $25. Massage companies were always running deals with the radio station. So we would all buy a certificate and go as a group, have a message and lunch. It was wonderful.
My body is tingling all over, just thinking about a good massage.
My husband use to also give me nice massages but it just isn’t the same. Sorry honey but you have gotten lazy over the years. They have turned into a one handed back rub for 5 minutes ending with “can I be done now”. Obviously it is a chore to him so I don’t ask anymore.
Oh how I miss those young love days when a massage was something wonderful and exciting between a couple. Two kids and ten years of marriage later, and this is what you get. LOL…
So tell me, what do you do for your “me” time and how do you find the time?
I obviously need some help or advice in this area because just reading over what I just wrote makes me look like one really pathetic person.
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Me time...what's that? I used to get my nails done, but not anymore. Right now I think of blogging as my me time. Sorry, I don't have any suggestions for you.
My life has changed drastically since I became a mother and I've learned to redefine "me time."
Before kids, it meant mani/pedi appts on a weekly basis, seeing my hairstylist every 4 weeks, spa days with my gal pals (more than once every decade), etc. These days, "me time" is found in the quiet of the early morning when I rise before the kids to paint my nails while I listen to my favorite tunes on my iPod, running as the sun rises and settling in with a good book late at night.
For me, the hardest part of becoming a mother has been letting go of the things I used to enjoy and replacing them with new things, but it's one of the only ways I can find balance among everything I do.
My special me time is now reading a book before bed, I love doing it, and it allows me to work it into whatever time is left during the day. Like you the days of days at the salon are long gone, but this time ( the time of young kids) will only last so long, and than we will wonder how to feel the alone time.
Sending you some comment love!
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Funny you should ask. I just wrote a post about how I get my "Me time" (I pop in Sesame Street & sneak to the back deck to drink my coffee). Babytalk has a great article this week on it. Check out my post for more...but enough about me! I can totally relate to your post! I can't remember the last time I had a massage and yep, I hurry the haircut along nowadays. I'm just glad to know there are more moms out there like me instead of these "perfectly" sculped and shaped soccer moms I occasionally see! I swear, they must have nannies!
Have a great holiday weekend!
I neglected myself for ages and then I just decided that enough's enough. I've taken to going to the hair salon every 6 weeks or so for a proper cut, colour and head massage (!) and afterwards, I go shopping and spend a little time alone.
You are not pathetic at all lol Many feel the same way I don't even have any me time at all lol
I don't know what Me Time is...
I get maybe 30 minutes a day to myself: Shower time. Woo, exciting.
Stopping by from the Comment Club, I love your blog!
You are sooo not alone!! The last few months, my me time consists of reading for a few minutes before bed.
shannon
Rock Star Maternity
The Domestic Engineer's Union
I hardly get a "me" time anymore. The only time is when a mama from my group invites me to a movie. But that's like once in two or three months.
Once I get home, there's a pile of chores saying "I'M OVERDUE"... Added to that is my struggle to lose weight... it's an endless list of things I want to do but I can't find time anymore.
Now the only thing I really enjoy that I have been doing before I had my baby is crochet. I crochet at least 30 minutes before hitting the pillows.
My me time is usually after everyone else has gone to bed, so I have to sacrifice some sleep to get some time on the computer, the TV, or read a book. Ever so often, now that the kids are older, I will get a massage or go to a movie with friends. Maybe three times a year, total. Everyone says it's important to make time for ourselves, but I haven't exactly figured out how to do this yet.
Thanks to all who commented. It sounds like we are all in the same boat. I guess someday the kids will all be grown and we will have more free time than we will know what to do with.
I have the same struggles as the rest of the moms. And I don't have any answers. But blogging has helped me to make time for me, and it has been a great blessing!
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