Here is a 'captain obvious' statement: being a parent is tiring. Duh, right? How about being a working parent. Not only do we have our daily jobs to think about, but when our kids are in daycare, we automatically have guilt for not being there ourselves. If you don't, you're lucky. It is normally dubbed "mom guilt", but I am sure dads have it, too.
After your put in your time at work for the day, you get your kid from daycare, come home and give them some playtime while you get dinner ready. It is normally a quick evening before it's time for a bath and then bed. If you have chores to do, things are even more tight and this is only applicable for a "normal" day, all bets are off if you have something planned for the evening that takes you away from your routine. Completing my nightly routine with my kid normally puts him in bed around 8pm or so. At least that is the goal. Then, I have to finish whatever is left on my to-do list before I retreat to the couch or my bed (whichever is calling louder!) to decompress before it's time to call it a night. I am lucky that I get July off each year, so I had a bit of free time during the month and I was able to sleep in a bit and take a nap here and there as my energy level dictated without feeling like I was missing too much.
Jason and I don't go to the movies and we rarely go 'out' even. We don't even watch too much t.v., but it is definitely one of our favorite past times. We have a few shows that we have watched for years together and really enjoy. But, we really only have time for a few shows during the year. We save movies for summer time or during holiday hiatus.
This year, we only had a few movies we were really interested in watching, so soon after my vacation started- we were caught up. We decided to finally take advantage of our free month of Netflix and open our account. I must say that I have mixed reviews; not everything I thought would be available is there and they don't have too many newer releases, you still have to use the mail option for those. But, we did get a basic package, so, that being said, there are some shows that we were really interested in catching up on since we missed the boat in real time.
I jumped on Parenthood, myself, and have been able to make my way through 3 seasons (or close to it). I have one more season already available to me and then once the current season begins, the last season will be released.
Jason and I jumped on The Walking Dead. We LOVE that show. Cannot understand what stopped us from jumping in years ago when it began. However, last night we watched the final episode of Season 3 (what is currently available). Now, we have to wait for the next season to start so the 4th season is released. I am SO ready already. Such a good show.
I like that I have other options on there too, in addition to movies and series, there are also kid shows that if I run out of stuff on the dvr to keep Jaxon occupied during rainy days or in the evening when it's time to slow down and get ready for bed, I have that to fall back on.
I think our next venture is going to be 'Orange is the new Black' and then maybe 'Dexter'. We aren't sure when we are going to start those...we still have the rest of 'The Originals' on the dvr and we're a tad backed up on a new show called "The Last Ship". Hey, if this is our entertainment, cheaper than a lot of other options, we're fine with that! :)
xoxo- Ladylewy
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