{"id":205,"date":"2013-05-27T21:27:35","date_gmt":"2013-05-27T21:27:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/torturedpotato.com\/the_comeback\/?p=205"},"modified":"2013-05-27T21:27:35","modified_gmt":"2013-05-27T21:27:35","slug":"one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torturedpotato.com\/the_comeback\/?p=205","title":{"rendered":"One *"},"content":{"rendered":"

When I first had two children, I used to go to big box stores like Costco and Superstore as a form of meditation. Oh sure, I did the shopping while I was there. It was a pleasure to do so, I volunteered for it, because my daily life was executed in a cloud of constant noise and need. At the big box stores, no one needed me. I wandered, silent, picking things up and putting them down, following the list, crossing things off. It was as good as a nap. <\/p>\n

Actually, it was BETTER than a nap because at the end, there was food to eat. I could never nap when the children napped because it was a waste of time. At the end of a nap all you are is rested, maybe. Maybe not! Maybe you’re just mad that you couldn’t sleep longer. Naps are a wild card. And then, you haven’t done anything. You’re right back at square one, but with worse hair. <\/p>\n

I will never tell anyone to sleep while the baby sleeps, I swear it.<\/p>\n

Anyway, that was five years ago.<\/a> (almost to the day!) Today I went to Costco while Eli was at preschool. I didn’t especially want to go. I would rather have gone for a run, which is what I’ve been doing every preschool class for weeks, or to the library, or stayed home to work on the slowest short story revision ever. But, we were out of peanut butter and multivitamins and nearly out of coffee. It would need to be done this week sometime and would I rather go with Eli? No I would not. Would I rather go on the weekend, with TWO children? NO I WOULD NOT NO NO NO. <\/p>\n

Very little makes me feel more like an adult than having two hours free and choosing to go to Costco for the simple reason that it needs doing.<\/p>\n

I don’t miss being the All Important Sun-Like Mother of Two Needful Beings. I really like that my kids are now mostly reasonable small people who can butter their own bread. But I do sort of miss that I used to think shopping was a magical, spa-like experience. Now it’s just a chore — albeit one that nets me coffee and really tasty pesto. <\/p>\n

* so titled because one of my biggest stumbling blocks in posting to this blog has been choosing titles. Seriously, I have ten drafts that I could publish right now except then I’d have to think of titles. I’m not saying I’m rational! I’m just saying the titles will be numbers unless I can think of something better.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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