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After an afternoon in town doing basic shopping, dr. appointments, bank, etc. I am wiped out. I feel like I should jump right into my day at home, but I am just toast after driving around all day trying to keep children happy and get my chores done.
What do you when you get home after a run to town? Do you allow downtime or do you keep the momentum going? I feel like I am such a wimp for wanting to come home, kick off my shoes, nurse the baby and veg out. Today I put a movie in but that h/s mother voice in me is calling me to drag out the books and try to do what we can before bed.
I hope this doesn't sound like a whine, it isn't meant to be. I would love to hear what you do after a 4-5 hour trip to town. If I am being slothful, tell me. I can take it, I really want to improve myself where ever I can.
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I come home, put the kids in front of a movie (well chosen and educational if possible  ) or shove them all outside together and then come here and visit all of you! After I have done that, I sometimes stay holed up in my sewing room/office and knit or sew for a while. If I try to do something really productive or try to get the kids to do school, it always ends bloody  !
I do try to keep my errand running to one day if possible, or at least keep the bulk of them on one day. I also try to get out on Saturdays by myself or with my mom to get stuff done and leave the kids with my hubby.
I think you are totally justified in vegging out after a day like that. Put your feet up and relax for a bit. If mama ain't happy, ain't nobody happy!
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Oh, my goodness! After all that I may even take an additional day to recover! 
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I veg.  (and feel guilty about it too.)
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I usually try and take about 30 minutes or so to destress a bit.. then we get everything put away.. and then take a bit more time off.. just depends on what else we have to do, what the actual time is etc.
When I plan well.. we can get a bit of schoolish stuff done in the morning.. eat lunch.. and go do errands and get home with time to crash before needing to start dinner.
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lapazfarm wrote:
| Oh, my goodness! After all that I may even take an additional day to recover! |
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Exactly! It seems to take the night before an outing to prepare, the day to shop/run errands and then crash when I get home, and even then the next day isn't really "normal" (whatever that is  )
I am an introvert, and I LOVE being home, so I wonder if it has something to do with my personality. Towns, cars, lots of people, lots to do, just totally overwhelms me.
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Yep, playtime or a movie for them, coffee and 4Real for me! I am a big introvert, too.
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I veg too. I'd say the only time I can manage to come home and continue where I left off so to speak, is if we were out for less than 30 minutes...like a quick kiddo pickup somewhere. But if groceries are anyway involved...HA...it's overwhelming to me. I think a lot of thinking outside of the house for me...like shopping, making decisions, figuring out how to avoid traffic, making sure all are happy, the more I have to do that while out, the more drained I am. That's why I guess I can swing a quick pickup or dropoff, even a quick run to the library to pick up books on hold (note...on hold, no decision making at time of pickup!) doesn't kill me. 
Oh and yes I feel pathetic. I don't know how these ladies who work all day outside of the home, come home and then can cook dinner. We'd have cereal every night!
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Maddie wrote:
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I feel exactly that way! We usually put stuff away and then the kids go off to play and I sit and knit or come here for a while. When we lived in the country we would go three, sometimes four days without going to town; that was heaven on earth to us
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So glad to hear this...I thought something was wrong with me
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Same for me. Today is our crazy day (mind you we only do swimming in the spring)- am swimming for youngers, afternoon homeschool coop, then evening swimming lessons for older two. My, after homeschool coop we all need to veg- it wears us all out being away that long and running around.
I grab a tea and come here often too!!
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You are all making me feel so much better!
Big  to all of you!!!!!
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