I have a little ritual I do almost everyday.
I won't usually eat lunch until I can actually sit down and enjoy it. Let me tell you, it is REALLY hard to sit down and enjoy lunch when you have 3 small kids fighting over who gets to sit down in the heart chair, and bouts of yelling things like "Mom, I wanted my sandwich cut into 4 triangles, not 4 rectangles!", and "Mom, I don't like peanut butter any more. I only liked it for last week!", and "Mom, Macie keeps stealing my food!", and "Mom, Macie's making tooting sounds with her mouth!", and "Mom, Abrie's chewing her food again like a loud donkey!", and never ending choruses of ABC's sung at full throttle... really, I could go on and on... and on, but I won't (for now anyway).
After I'm done trying to maintain the chaos I call lunch time, I lay Macie down for her nap and search for a movie that will keep the other two kids entertained for as long as possible and then I BREATH.
Everyone now. Take a deep cleansing breath with me.
Breath in. Breath out.
Breath in. Breath out. (This is not to be confused with the song Machinehead by Bush)
In with the good, out with the bad.
You are one with body, mind, & soul. Feeling centered. Feeling free.
Ahhhh, much better!
When I finally have a chance to catch my breath and get a little peace and quite, I will then sit down and eat... kid free and uninterrupted. I usually don't answer the phone either while I'm eating. It's my time to sit and well, do nothing... It's great!
After I'm done eating lunch I will chill a little bit longer with my two best friends; Diet Coke & dark chocolate.
After I'm done trying to maintain the chaos I call lunch time, I lay Macie down for her nap and search for a movie that will keep the other two kids entertained for as long as possible and then I BREATH.
Everyone now. Take a deep cleansing breath with me.
Breath in. Breath out.
Breath in. Breath out. (This is not to be confused with the song Machinehead by Bush)
In with the good, out with the bad.
You are one with body, mind, & soul. Feeling centered. Feeling free.
Ahhhh, much better!
When I finally have a chance to catch my breath and get a little peace and quite, I will then sit down and eat... kid free and uninterrupted. I usually don't answer the phone either while I'm eating. It's my time to sit and well, do nothing... It's great!
After I'm done eating lunch I will chill a little bit longer with my two best friends; Diet Coke & dark chocolate.
They have always been good to me. They have always been there when I needed them, except on the occasion that I forget to go to the store. Then I turn to my other friend Amy who has often times helped me out by supplying my addiction to caffeine with Diet Coke. There is nothing worse then needing a caffeine fix and not having any caffeine in the house.
Unfortunately, the peace and quite doesn't last long. My 15 minutes of Zen is quickly interrupted by more screaming; "Mom, Abrie's breath smells like poo!" and "Mom, Kaleb says he's going to shoot me!”. I quickly clean up my stuff and go back to my life of playing referee. Lunch time's done; short, sweet, but oh, so good!
Until next time,
Namaste
12 comments:
I hear ya!!!
Dark Chocolate and diet coke? I knew there was a reason I like you. Good to know your enabler is Amy, I knew she had a dark side, just didn't realize it was a dark chocolate side.
definetly agree about the Diet Coke but dark chocolate? Any time sista..... any time
Love your dark side and I've got to try that breathing technique of in with the good out with the bad. Especially today!!
Hmmm...so that's how you do it! I have definitly been needing a caffeine fix lately.
BTW I died laughing about the breath smelling like poo, and Abrie chewing her food like a "loud donkey" So funny!
Spence and i are just sitting in our office lounging on this Sunday morning. He is over reading and I just had to interrupt him to read this entry to him. We were laughing at all the things your kids said. I can't wait for our kids to say the same things. Ha ha. Where can I get a "Heart Chair"?
I am totally with you, that if I am going to eat, then I have to ENJOY it. I usually wait til the kids are in bed cause it's not even worth it to try to eat with them climbing all over me!
What is this Diet Coke stuff? You should be drinking Dr Pepper. It's the only medicine with Dr. in its name. Any chocolate is good. Try putting a large piece in your mouth and letting it get soft, then stuffing it full of cashews. YUM!! It will cure all ills.
Les, you know what would be even better? Get some chocolate cake and then drench it in milk. Or pour yourself a bowl of cereal then walk away for a half hour or so then eat it after it's all good and soggy.
I've picked up some great food tips from you. I will have to give the chocolate and cashews a try.
I love your blog... I do namasta yoga! That is so funny! Love this post!
Okay, we totally need to hang out, those are my 2 favorite things as well. Too bad you don't live closer :(
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