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Me time and my tree:)

Me time.

I’m not one who requires or likes a lot of “me” time. Sure, I like to run to the mall/stores and shop a bit by myself for a short amount of time but for the most part I like being around other people/having someone to run errands with, etc. Call me needy, I guess. I just don’t like or prefer to be alone a lot. Mikey and I typically get home from work within 30 minutes of each other, so there isn’t normally a lot of time at night when I am by myself and that is the way I prefer it. I’ve never lived alone. I just don’t like it. I crave interaction, communication, just someone to be with. It’s funny how I don’t think twice about going to girl’s nights and stuff during the week, but I hate it when Mikey has something to do at night after work and I am home alone! Ha! Mikey plays golf a good bit on the weekends, which is fine. I normally always have something else to do, whether it is shopping with my mom, a shower or event of some sort, etc. However, this past weekend Mikey was going to Charleston for the day and I had NOTHING to do, NOTHING. I actually enjoyed my alone time for once. I slept late, watched 4 episodes of Parenthood, wrapped a bunch of presents, deep cleaned the house, ran a couple of errands, and took Milly on a long walk. It was so nice to have a DO NOTHING day even though I probably would have liked it better had Mikey been there with me (yeah, I guess I am needy). Hehe. Of course, by the time he got home that night I was ready to go do something/be around people. We had a date night Friday night ( my favorite kind ever….we went to dinner and then drove around for two hours looking at Christmas lights and just talking. It was perfect!) so by Saturday night I was ready for a night on the town. Well, about as much of a “night on the town” as you can when 7 months pregnant. We went and met up with friends for a fun dinner for a few hours. After an all-day “me” day, it was high time for this girl to be surrounded by some peeps.

Sunday was another good one. We slept in, cooked breakfast, wen to church, then lunch…and then came home and did some work on the nursery! Yay!! Then we spent a wonderful evening on the couch catching up on Revenge and Modern Family. I honestly can’t remember the last weekend we had NOTHING to do like this. We did not have one event that we needed/wanted to attend. We did whatever we wanted and it was great. Now on the calendar for this weekend: Thursday night: supper club, Friday night: Mikey’s work Christmas party and my girl’s Christmas party, Saturday/Saturday night: we go to NC for Mikey’s family Christmas, Sunday: we come home and do Christmas with my extended family and then Sunday night we go to a friends for a Christmas party! Talk about a LOT going on:) Good thing that’s how I prefer it most of the time. I guess I need these weekends like I had this past one every once in a while to recharge.

I guess I need to enjoy these last two months of “me” time before little Collins arrives, as I know my me- time will most certainly (and happily) come to an end then.


Just a little sneak at my tree with some wrapped presents! Just a few more to go. I CANNOT believe I will be giving/receiving my first Christmas gift of the season FRIDAY night. Holy crazy town. *Sorry for the crappy phone pic.



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