As a bit of a pre-resolution

We are attempting to spend more (a lot more) time at home.  As it has turned out, with B’s family being so close and my family being dual (my dad lives in Chattanooga and my mom lives in Dayton), we are spending quite a bit of our time away from home.  It really wasn’t a problem until recently.  While in the past, we wouldn’t have been expected to see his family on birthdays and minor holidays, now that they are only four hours away, it’s a bit more expected. 

In addition to our recreational concert-going habit that sometimes takes us out of town, this “new” development has really had us spending many, many more nights away from home.  So we’ve decided we need to be really focusing more on staying in during the week. 

While, this might not sound like much of a chore to my kid-having blog readers, to me, it will take effort.  You see, I hate Mondays, no different from the everyone, I guess.  My exception is that I usually go home for lunch, and let the dog out and relax.  This frees me up for $2 pints at Barley’s after work.  While that isn’t so bad, it does cost money (not to mention the cost of the inevitable Jager-bombs)!  If you add up what we spend in tips alone, we could make a new car payment!  (I don’t want a new car, but I’d like to have the option!)  I also enjoy this time with B after work.  Its a de-stressor for both of us. 

Well just repeat for the rest of the week and you’ll get an idea of the problem.  On Tuesdays I work late so he likes to hang with his buddies, prompting me to meet him later.  Wednesdays are like a vacation because my bad day is over already so I can treat myself, and by Thursdays, I’d like to get a beer and visit with my friends.  Well we all know what happens on Fridays.  Now of course, this doesn’t happen every night of the week, but there’s an option and a temptation every night. 

Of course there will be days we go have a beer.  I’m (we’re) just hoping they are fewer.  And truth be told, we do enjoy our home time.  I hate it when we get home at 8PM and I feel like we have so little time for curling up on the couch together winding down the day.