One of the many frustrating things about being a SAHM is
that you never get to leave your job behind. Most people go to work in the
morning and as soon as 5 o’clock comes around they leave their work and come
home to relax. But what if that home is your job? What if your work follows you
around whining and screaming with its sticky fingers from the moment you get up
in the morning to the moment you go to bed at night (and then gets you up a
couple times in the middle of the night?) Never having your own down time can
make a person insane.
The solution to this problem is to make your own getaway
space. Invest some time and money into a room in your house so that at the end
of the day you can go and have fun and relax. My problem was once the baby when
to bed, my husband and I would watch TV in the living room. The living room in
which I spent most of my day hanging out with Rose. I had come to hate that
room.
A couple weeks ago, my husband and I were discussing what we
should get the other for Christmas. We settled on getting a joint gift for the
basement that we would both utilize and love. We bought a shuffleboard! This also
motivated us to put up the dart board I bought Sam two years ago. Now we have a
space that we can go and have fun once the baby goes to bed at night. It has
been wonderful. The basement has a bar-feel to it, so it feels like my husband
and I go out each night to the local (very local) bar to throw darts, pay
shuffle board, chat, and drink a couple drinks. It’s awesome!
I have also found that I have been sneaking down at nap
times to throw a couple of darts. Throwing winged, sharp, needles at a wall is
a great way to relieve tension. I will recommend this to any SAHM who is
stressed.
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