Not looking forward to it this year. There are so many things that lead me to believe that this Mother's Day may not be the best. Of course there is the issue of not having a Mother anymore. I know mom will be on my mind most of this weekend and when that happens I like to have some alone time. That brings me to the other issue. Jon scheduled a soccer tournament for this weekend. Now I do love watching Rhi play and all but I guess I wouldn't have picked that for myself as a *fun* or *relaxing* thing to do on Mother's Day. Since the tournament runs for two days it means that we will be very busy and any alone time will be lost. All of my cleaning time will be lost too which means that tonight will likely be spent doing laundry, etc... to try to get things done ahead of time. Yee ha. Finally, the weather. Once again it looks to be cold and rainy. I am still trying to recover from a cold so that means that I can't really sit out and watch Rhi play in the cold and rain anyway, even if I wanted too. And no I don't want to hear how the cold and wet doesn't make you sick and how it's all just a wives tale, etc... dear husband. When it's cold and wet, people get sick. That's a fact no matter how it happens. So, I will likely be in the car if it really pours and miss the games anyway. I seriously am thinking of staying home Sunday but I'll just be inside since the weather will be bad. My perfect Mother's Days have been the ones where I was able to garden or go out to Whitewater with the family. I guess I am going to have to be creative this weekend. I don't really know what I want so I guess I'll just take it as it comes. It could be worse I guess. At least my husband is thoughtful and always lets me do what I'd like to do. One of the soccer dad's commented the other day that Sunday he was going turkey hunting because that's what he does every Mother's Day.????? I don't get it. It's not a day for you to just give her some flowers and then take off and do whatever *you* want! She gets to drive her kid to the tournament and sit there in the rain so he can go turkey hunting. Wow. And, only in Minnesota would they schedule the fishing opener for Mother's Day weekend so men all over the state can find a reason to leave their wives alone on Mother's Day. If you think that fishing is not a big deal so who cares you haven't been to Minnesota... I guess many of those wives prefer to be left alone so it all works out in the end! I don't usually want to be alone. I really enjoy being with my family on Mother's Day but if I begin to feel depressed about my mom I might want a little alone time.
I do know that it's only Friday and already I feel a little grumpy and depressed. Fridays at school are so hard anyway but tonight is the carnival so the kids will be even more hyper than usual. Again, yee ha! I'll just keep in mind all the fun I had last Friday with Tracy. On our day off we went up to the Cities and had a wonderful day! I went off my diet for a day and ate lunch at the Cheesecake Factory. We explored the Crate and Barrel store as well as the Pottery Barn and then drove over to the Mall of America for the afternoon. I purchased a lovely red backpack purse at Clarks that I have been eyeing since Christmas as well as some loose tea from Teavanna and other assorted clothing items. It was fun. I'll try and keep that in mind today while I muddle through. I do enjoy my students and hopefully I will feel cheered by them when I get to school. Posted by Michelle at May 9, 2008 07:38 AM