This one car story is the pits.
We’ve been a one car household for 2 weeks now, and none of us are coping very well. Thankfully Lance is able to get another car next week, so this pain is nearly over… but still it’s a problem for the next few days.
It’s not that it’s an inconvenience for me, that doesn’t really phase me, but I realised this afternoon why I’m struggling with it so much.
The time in the traffic on my own to work and back is my time. It’s in fact the only time I get to spend by myself these days without working or cooking or doing something. I need the break between work and home to recoup my thoughts before the onslaught of the kids (not Lance because he’s not an onslaught 🙂 ), and I’m not getting it at the moment.
I get into the car, and the kids are in the back… whining because they’ve been in the car for about 40 minutes already and by now they realise it takes an hour to get back home. Then they’re fighting, and Connor is trying to climb out of his car seat (I’m assuming because his body gets sore from the chair)… and the music is going and Lance and I are chatting… and it’s noisy.
It’s much more chaotic than my usual quiet slow trip home listening to the radio.
OK, I do actually realise that this is sad. I should get more time to myself… but seriously when would you like me to do that? The only other time to my own thoughts is when I’m blogging, or showering or sleeping…. the rest of my life is working, editing, and mothering.
I hear you- Pierre got upset with me messimg with his mornong routine when I was home. LOL
Ouch, I can understand that feeling! I hope the next week goes by quickly for you. 🙂
Simple … drop them off … then pick them up on your way home !
I must be honest I don’t enjoy spending “me” time in the traffic. It drives me nuts. All I concentrate on is getting home. But then I don’t have small children so I do get to have some “me” time without interruptions! Shame J! It will soon pass and you’ll have some time again! 🙂
I understand your thoughts on this! I only have about 10 minutes to work, but I love those 10 minutes, listening to Classic and the morning quiz. I need it. You need it.
I remember feeling very much like that when my kids were small. I needed that recooperation time….
I remember that feeling too. the little bit of quiet to mentally change gears from career to homelife. we do need it. the one benefit (if you can imagine there is a benefit) to being divorced is that we have every second weekend off duty. for fulltime moms with two jobs it is hard to find the gap. xx
The only quiet time I get is at work…
I hate traffic! Suppose it froms a part of your daily routine when you work in Joburg. But I honestly cannot see sitting in traffic as me-time!
Hope you will be able to bare the next couple of days!
I also like my quiet time in the car… and now without having to even drop the knucklehead off at school or anything I have it all to myself.
I do miss chatting to him though.