Alright ya’ll, how long have you been in quarantine? I honestly don’t know for sure when we were put on “house arrest” but it’s been a while! Or at least it feels like it has been anyway. What are you guys doing to keep yourselves occupied, during social distancing and quarantine?
Around here we aren’t planning a whole lot of things because we don’t know what we will be allowed to do or go get from the stores around here. I really think I as a mom am going to have to start getting creative. I can’t afford to be sending my husband out for new toys every time one of the kids says “I’m bored.” If you can afford to do that, then more power to ya sister! Do what works!
I think I want to do something different this coming week when it’s time for grocery shopping. I think I want to let my oldest look at some recipes in some old cook books I have lying around, or on Pinterest, and let him pick out one or two memeals he wants to cook himself (with help and supervision of course). That will be a few activities there and maybe we can find some new games to play, or movies to watch.
I also think there is one thing that will be essential for my family moving forward, mandatory alone time. If for no one else in this house but me, we will be having mandatory alone time. It’s making me feel a little (or a lot) crazy hearing tons of sounds, of all kinds, from before my eyes open, until the kids are asleep in their beds. Yes, I realize they are also stuck at home, with just me, their father (when he’s not at work -essential worker), and each other. Yes, I realize they’re bored. But none of us have ever been in quarantine, and none of us knows what in the hell we’re doing right now! So just as much as they need to talk and sing and scream and just make noise, this mama needs some time during the day where it is quiet; and not being climbed on.
I also need to be better about enforcing my “office hours.” This is more of a note to self. I am not making work a priority most days. I have been getting a lot marked off my to do lists, but it has been very lackadaisical. This is not the mother hustler attitude I try to have usually. If I had to guess, that would be because “nothing counts in quarantine,” “there is no time in quarantine,” and “I don’t have to work in quarantine.’ So listen here self: It is time to get your mother hustlin’ butt back in gear! Work is a priority!
As of now the Thriftlys are on a mission to do better with our time at home. We will try to be occupied appropriately with our time. We will do our best to preplan things we want to do, so that we are left up to deciding what to do in the moment. We will do better about being responsible with our time. And most of all we will make the best out of a bad situation. Stay home, stay safe, and wash your dang hands!
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