Comments on: I’ll bet Hawk Girl is good at freeze tag http://fridayplaydate.com/ill-bet-hawk-girl-is-good-at-freeze-tag/ entirely true, but exaggerated for comic effect Mon, 21 May 2012 12:20:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Susan http://fridayplaydate.com/ill-bet-hawk-girl-is-good-at-freeze-tag/#comment-1113 Susan Sat, 22 Oct 2005 20:08:00 +0000 http://fridayplaydate.com/ill-bet-hawk-girl-is-good-at-freeze-tag/#comment-1113 Here is the funny thing, though--before we were parents, when we had jobs or school or whatever came in the past, we were always encouraged (by the media and our friends and spouses and parents) to take time FOR OURSELVES. Wade and I have both laughed about doctor's office questionnaires that ask about hobbies. Who has time for a HOBBY? I have KIDS.<br/><br/>But that time away from 'work' (and I know, this isn't 'work' in that sense, it is my life, which only makes it more complicated) is so crucial to doing the job well. I taught in a boarding school for two years, after college, and after the first year, I demanded to move out of the dorms and off campus, because there was NEVER any break from the work. Students were pounding on my door at midnight and at 6:00 am, every night and all weekend, whether I was on-duty or not. And in the end, I hated that job, for no good reason except that it became my whole life.<br/><br/>So now I have these people that I grew inside me and that I love more than live itself, and like Katy, I feel painfully selfish for NOT wanting to play freeze tag or read Hop On Pop AGAIN. But there it is--I'm the selfish mommy.<br/><br/>Whoo. Time to go to the park and play freeze tag. And then paint! Always with the painting . . . Here is the funny thing, though–before we were parents, when we had jobs or school or whatever came in the past, we were always encouraged (by the media and our friends and spouses and parents) to take time FOR OURSELVES. Wade and I have both laughed about doctor’s office questionnaires that ask about hobbies. Who has time for a HOBBY? I have KIDS.

But that time away from ‘work’ (and I know, this isn’t ‘work’ in that sense, it is my life, which only makes it more complicated) is so crucial to doing the job well. I taught in a boarding school for two years, after college, and after the first year, I demanded to move out of the dorms and off campus, because there was NEVER any break from the work. Students were pounding on my door at midnight and at 6:00 am, every night and all weekend, whether I was on-duty or not. And in the end, I hated that job, for no good reason except that it became my whole life.

So now I have these people that I grew inside me and that I love more than live itself, and like Katy, I feel painfully selfish for NOT wanting to play freeze tag or read Hop On Pop AGAIN. But there it is–I’m the selfish mommy.

Whoo. Time to go to the park and play freeze tag. And then paint! Always with the painting . . .

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