Yesterday I went out to run errands, alone. Why does this
warrant a blog post? I’ll tell you!
Usually when I run errands, Abraham comes with me, because
every time I get ready to go somewhere, he’ll say “I really, really want to
come!” or my dear husband has some odd errand that he needs to run and since he
hates going out alone, he asks if he can come. Often I end up with both of them.
Don’t get me wrong, I love spending time with my husband and
children. Since we homeschool, I see my kids most of every day, and since my
husband works mainly from home, I usually see him most of every day as well. In
addition, we all enjoy doing things together, as you might have noticed, and a
lot of our spare time activities involve the entire family.
So maybe I enjoy going out alone sometimes; just me, my
thoughts and my list. I get through everything more efficiently; there’s nobody
holding my hand, walking with a sluggish pace and stopping to look at
everything, and there’s nobody asking to go to Starbucks for coffee or stop to
browse for electronics we have no intention of purchasing at Virgin. Also, I
can go off and rummage through the clothing piles at Eldorado for a few minutes,
without anyone sighing from boredom, or chat for an extra minute with the man
at the fabric shop.
Yesterday I did both, plus everything else on my list (or
sort of, a couple of the things I couldn’t finish: the optician wasn’t in so I
couldn’t get my new prescription, and I really didn’t see a candelabra that I
liked/could afford). I was only out for less than two hours, but it was quite
invigorating. I even stopped to have a snack (yes, when you’re pregnant a small
cheese burger is a “snack”) and enjoyed eating it on the go, alone, without
having to wipe someone else’s mouth or hear complaints about the lack of nutritional
value in McDonald’s food.
It was a good and well needed break.
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