Housebound...

It's a funny thing to be a normally Never-Stay-At-Home-Mom... and suddenly be stuck at home for a week... it was a perfect storm of things that conspired against me - I didn't even get to the grocery store this week...

The weather, getting sick, and the kids being off school sick and for teacher furlough days has meant that my adult contact has either been over the phone, over the 'net, or heaven forbid, with my husband....

I've been pumping him for tidbits of information about work... what's happening in staff meetings, with research, with colleagues, what he talked about at lunch - cause he got to got out for lunch and have a conversation with someone other than a cooing infant, semi-verbal preschooler and potentially verbose but morose twelve year old...

Hubby didn't seem to get it today... I needed to feel connected to an adult world... I craved hearing about anything that didn't involve diapers, feedings, laundry or dinosaur trains...  I missed a Moms Night Out because I didn't want to pass on the sickies.. but darn, I needed that night out...

I resolve to break free later this morning... I'm going to go to the grocery store - cause we're out of milk, formula and dinner options and then post on my facebook to see if anyone has time to meet for a coffee (or if you're in Chas and reading this and want to get together... shoot me an email) or something... I just need to get out...