A Stay-At-Home Mom, Minus the Mom

So for the last 5 days I have been able to experience what it is like to be a stay-at-home mom. Almost. Technically, I'm not a mom so I guess I didn't exactly experience what it is like but I was able to stay home from work for 5 glorious days. No work, no stress, and definitely no schedule! At my job we were released from our work for the rest of the week following the tax deadline so I was able to "de-tax" myself and try to get some sort of normalcy back in my life. I might have enjoyed myself a little too much. For starters, I was able to get more than 4 hours of sleep a night! Also, I went to lunch at Costco with my mom and sister. This is a weekly get together that I'm always forced to miss because of my work schedule. They weren't going to get together but when they heard I had the day off they planned a special lunch just for me! Another fun surprise was getting a text from my secret admirer, aka my cousin AD, and being able to go to lunch with her and her daughter who were coincidentally in town during my week long hiatus. I was also able to visit Sonic during happy hour, where drinks were half price. Yum.....caffeine free diet coke with lime and crushed ice......I was in heaven. Of course, what would any vacation be without loads and loads of shopping? I packed it in and it was magnificent. I'm embarrassed to report that I also went to a movie.....in the afternoon.....by myself. The movie pretty much sucked but the experience was a treasure. I'm sure that if I was forced to account for every hour that I had off, the statistics would indicate that I wasted 90% of my time because I really can't remember much else of what I did during those precious 5 days. However, I can't really remember anything that I've done besides work for the past 4 months so I guess it's okay. Maybe I'm coming down with Alzheimer's, would that buy me some more time off?

If not, it sure was nice not to have to go to work last week, I could definitely get used to that kind of lifestyle!