Saturday, January 6, 2007

Professional/ Interests

I consider my self a professional. One having or showing skill; expert: A person following a profession, especially a learned profession. As a Mother of 4 children, 3 of them Teenagers and one preparing for her High School graduation this spring. I am in every sence of the word a Professional MOM!

I often laugh when people ask me what my interests are.

interest:noun
1: a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something;

"Where are my Kids ?"

2: a subject or pursuit that occupies one's time and thoughts;

"Hmm I wonder what my kids are doing?"

3: To be concerned with or engaged in; to affect; to concern; to excite;

"Where in the heck are my KIDS!!"


When our children were younger we longed for the day when we would no longer be awoken at 6:00 AM on a Saturday morning. When we could sleep in, snuggle and get out of bed at our leisure after a long work week. We'll, I am here to report we did get our wish. But, as we have always taught our children there is always a consequence.

Yes, our children now sleep in. In fact as I type this it is 10:45AM on a beautiful Saturday morning. Michael and I have been up for hours (6am old habbits are hard to break!) done two loads of laundry, prepared and eaten breakfast, showered, read the paper and have begun preparations for our trip into town (30 miles round trip you want to make sure you don't have to go back for something you forgot!) What we failed to see was that our wish was twofold. Yes, it is true our children now sleep in, but this is due to the fact that they now stay up until the wee hours of the morning!!

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