Weekends are sacred

Weekends are sacred even though there are errands to run and housework chores to do.

Weekends are sacred despite gymnastic practices, Taekwondo lessons, religious education and Chinese school.

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Weekends are sacred because we didn’t realize how much fun it is to fly a kite.

Now we know.

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Weekends are sacred because we ended the perfect day with a broken kite and a kite gone missing after it broke away and flew off into the clouds.

We are going to get more.

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Weekends are sacred even though sometimes daddy is flying out to yet another foreign country on Saturdays or coming home on Sundays.

Weekends are sacred exactly because he travels so much that we need to use our weekends wisely, not squandering.

Weekends are sacred even though sometimes mommy has to fly out on Sunday night (or the night of Memorial Day) to be in another city by a certain time for some meeting that she would rather not be part of because she starts missing you when she is printing out her boarding pass.

Weekends are sacred even though because the city we live in only has two seasons: Winter and Construction.

Weekends are sacred because we only have one month of spring and one month of fall that are ripe to make perfect days with.

Weekends are sacred because the reward of pedaling uphills inside the woods of Morten Arboretum is a series of downhill turns with the sound of the wind and the clack clack clack of the coasting bicycle wheels accompanied by your screaming

WWWeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

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Weekends are sacred because our tree is just big enough now to support a hammock.

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Weekends are sacred because we are a family of lazy souls living a packed life.

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Weekends are sacred because when it comes down to it what we really want to do, after all this…

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Is nothing at all.

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Nothing is better than doing nothing.

Weekends are sacred.

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Unknown Mami

38 thoughts on “Weekends are sacred

  1. Diane Laney Fitzpatrick

    What a fantastic post. I love the shot of the socks and the hammock. Kite flying is the ultimate luxurious thing to do on a weekend. I have a friend who, when growing up in Pakistan, flew kites just like in the book The Kite Runner. I always think that would such a cool thing to do every day when I retire.
    .-= Diane Laney Fitzpatrick´s last blog…Goodbye, Law. Goodbye, Order =-.

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  2. Justine

    I hear you LOUD and CLEAR. I live for the weekends – not just because it’s work free (sometimes it’s busier on weekends because we jam pack it with activities and errands) but because we finally get to spend time together as a family. And I really have to get to Morton. I hear it’s beautiful – this lazy parent will get there some day.

    So glad you had a nice weekend. Sorry about this meeting that pulled you away. Ugh to having to do these things that afford us our comfortable lives – without which, we’d be with our family more, but will it be as comfortable and pleasurable? Who knows.
    .-= Justine´s last blog…Memorial Day extravaganza =-.

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    1. Absence Alternatives Post author

      Yup yup yup. Fantastic weather really does change everything. I’m pretty sure when winter comes and the kids get cabin fevers, I’ll be all “I want to go back to work!!!” LOL

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    1. Absence Alternatives Post author

      Thank you! I’ve decided to take a different approach to my life. I’m going to breathe more and do things for myself more. I am going to be selfish. Sometimes it means I spend more time with the kids because I enjoy it. 🙂

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  3. Vintage Christine

    One’s initial reaction to losing a kite is despair, since unless you brought a spare that’s pretty much it for the day. On the other hand, watching that kite soaring up into the clouds, headed for who knows where, is a great way to end the experience. Plus now you get to go back to the cool kite store! Now that I’m retired weekends don’t mean diddly-squat since EVERY day is Saturday in my little world. Great post!
    .-= Vintage Christine´s last blog…Do You Doodle? I Doodley Do! =-.

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    1. Absence Alternatives Post author

      I know my kids and their destructive power so well, I got 2: they were 3.99 each from Walgreens. 🙂

      AND you are totally bragging!!! And they let you retire when you turned 40?!?! 😉

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