Time for me

As a working mom, it's pretty much inevitable that in between working my job and managing the house, taking care of myself gets lost in the mix. Not to say that I don't do anything for myself, because I do, but it's something I have to be extra conscious of and to be honest, the things I do for myself aren't really that exciting (working out in the basement is not exactly the stuff dreams are made of). So I have decided to make more of an effort to make my life interesting. The kids' lives are full of things like sports, theater and fun outings, so why shouldn't my life be the same? So my first step to a more interesting me was to schedule a visit to a law school friend in San Diego. She's going to play hooky from work one day, and we're going to take a surf lesson. My next step (which is really more like the first since it's a precursor to the surfing) is to take swim lessons here not only so I don't kill myself in La Jolla, but also to make myself a better swimmer overall. (My swimming is crap--I want to feel confident that if the kids ever got in danger in the water, I could actually help them.) I am also planning on resuming my golf lessons this summer with 2 good friends here (it's a little about the golf and a lot about getting together and having girlfriend time).