More Us Time

Last night Gray and I sat on the couch next to each other. It was quite weird to just sit... It was quite strange to just talk... And it was quite surreal to put our arms around each other - we just don't do this anymore...

Our usual night-time routine is not conducive to intimacy... Time is spent playing with the baby, feeding him, bathing him and putting him to bed. Then there's dinner to be made, dinner to be eaten, the garden to water, the house to clean, DIY jobs to continue, computer correspondence and bill paying to be done, exercise classes to attend, library books to plow through and exhaustion to suffer as a consequence. We then fall into bed.

The morning is no good either. We wake early, take the dog for a walk, do the morning jobs, get the baby up, eat breakfast, Gray goes to work, I morph into the Domestic Goddess - clean, neaten, prepare, wash and run around like crazy - then Gray comes home and we're into our night-time schedule.

Then we do it all again - the next day, the next and the one after that. It all happens again and again and again - on and on - continuous...

I think we've lost the ability to STOP!!! I also think we've misplaced the roses to smell - we're preoccupied with everything else!

But no more! Gray and I are implementing a 'date night' on Thursday evenings and 'Family Fun Days' on Sundays. We're going to take advantage of more baby-sitting offers and get to know each other again... We're also going to stop volunteering for everything and being so busy. I mean who cares if the floor is not vacummed and the house is messy - well, I do - but I'm going to learn to let go...