What do you do to take time for yourself?

If you’re a work at home mom, you may feel guilty when you’re off having fun, or even out grocery shopping. I know I do — even though I have technicians available on my helpdesk at all times.

This weekend though, my family and I decided to do something different on my husband’s last day of vacation. We loaded up the kids Friday afternoon, doused all of our sunless bodies in 1,000 SPF sunscreen and headed off to the local lake.

After about an hour of driving around, we found a decent place to swim. It was actually a concrete boat dock, but the water is up so high it made a nice swimming area, with a few other families. The kids and I all donned life jackets (I never quite learned to swim well) and headed out into the water. The kids were pretty uncomfortable in the water at first, but after a couple of hours, they were much more relaxed.

We headed home, cleaned up and sent the kids to their last day of Vacation Bible School at our local church. (This church holds VBS in the evening because more people can help after work.) After we picked up the kids, we headed out to the local drag racing track to watch my dad race his El Camino.

Whew!

Needless to say, everyone slept very well Friday night. We had so much fun, we decided to go back Saturday afternoon. And this time, we had my sister and her daughter, who is five months younger than my son, with us.

All three kids had a blast. My kids were even more comfortable in the water today. And I got to just lay back on the water and relax for a bit. Ahhh…. Much better than any other method of relaxation I’ve tried.

We all had so much fun, we’re already talking about going back again.

So, anyone up for swimming next weekend? LOL!