Caring for a kid and a puppy while home alone is not easy. With my wife out to the office, today was the day when I had to do exactly that for the first time. It has left me completely drained. It isn’t easy to write freely in such a state.
I try to focus on my thoughts, but my mind is half-sleep, waiting for me to slide down the bed. I know it won’t take much time for me to go into a deep slumber. Everybody around me already is. My mind asks me why can’t I.
Today also lent me a period of loneliness in the afternoon while my daughter and Snoopy were fast asleep. I worked and read in peace, which has left me with a lot of budding ideas to chew on. I thought I would meditate on one throughout the day and put my thoughts in words, but the current state of my mind won’t allow that. Ex-yawwwwnnn-hausted!
Though weary down to my core, I still love such a day. Any lone “me time” I can steal from my routine is worth its weight in gold. But alas, such moments have become rare.