SPT 09.25.2007
September monthly theme:
bathroom
yes the water is overflowing and mega hot:) the price we pay for a photo op.
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Sometimes this is the only thing in a day that I do alone, and I’m an alone kinda girl. I read in Tara Whitney’s blog a couple of weeks ago that she is easily over stimulated, and it hit me….dang, that’s my problem!!! I’m easily over stimulated. Not like I sit in the corner with my hands over my ears banging my head into the wall (although I have been know to bang my head into the wall on occasion) but I just get easily overwhelmed by the amount of noise and chaos that is happening.
So the other day I set everyone down for lunch and I even got them all drinks and everything….they were in need of NOTHING….I had to go to the bathroom, and I wanted to do it alone. (a crazy request, I’m sure) So everyone’s occupied with lunch and I run to the bathroom to breathe quiet air for a few minutes, and relieve myself. I close the door of my room and lock the bathroom door….ahhh quiet. And the moment my big butt hits the toilet seat, “screeeeeek” I hear my door open, my daughter comes in talking about needing something and then my son and then the baby…..SERIOUSLY all three of them are in there in the matter of 10 seconds!!!! I can’t even have 5 minutes, FIVE MINUTES….
So even in the bathroom, as you see, I’m rarely alone.
Every couple of nights though, I take a bath AFTER the kids are in bed, and even then I lock the door to bar against intruders and just soak in the tub. I’m not really a bubble bath type of girl, I just like super hot water and a good book!!! Yumm!!!
I’m so jealous for your bath! It looks relaxing and I can almost feel mega hot water. I like warm colours and kind of nostalgi feeling in your photo.
Ha! In our house, it’s not the kids that follow me around – it’s the dogs! Everywhere I go, the pack follows me. Even when I’m taking a bath. I hear you about the over-stimulation though. I need lots of alone time and I think that also might be the reason. I need quiet!
I can so relate to the need to hae alone time. With four kids here I rarely seem to be able to have any alone time even for those basic needs. I am looking at your bath photo & thinking hmmmm….I could use a little soak myself.
This scares me.
I’m glad to hear that I am not alone in needing 5 minutes of “me” time! It’s the same in my house.
joy, i am so with you. i am easily overstimulated and it causes me to freak out a little (in a claustrophobic kinda way)! you may have noticed at the birthday party….and the “going to the bathroom” story was as if i had written it. it astonishes me how little time we have alone. i have even begun volunteering to mow the lawn just because it is something i can do alone! im an alone kinda girl too.
This reminds me of my sister in law. Sometimes I stop by her house and watch the kids so she can have an extra long shower.
I so hear you about the super warm water and a good book! I’ve been known to doze off in the tub late at night!