I work 4 days a week, so Mondays are a true day off for me-- although I usually end up expending more energy on Mondays than while at work because I dial in to work a few times between my weekly errands-- Costco, grocery store, post office, dry cleaners, any other miscellaneous shopping like Babies R Us or birthday gifts, and of course catching up on housework like laundry or dishes. I don't know what I would do without Mondays-- they allow my other weeknights to be totally free (all we do is dinner, dishes, and pack RJ's lunch for the next day) and weekends for family activities and hanging out with friends.

This Monday Rob Sr. is also taking the day off, and we are going to spend the day doing errands, hanging out, and going to lunch! RJ will be at school. I sometimes feel like a delinquent mom, bringing RJ to school instead of taking him with me for errands or taking him with us on days off like Monday, but things just take way too much time with a toddler around. Running errands with him as an infant was much easier, but these days even just getting him to get into the car easily takes 10 minutes sometimes! And of course eating out with him can be really rough.

Do you ever take time off from both work AND parenting? I feel truly spoiled by my Mondays. And I'm looking forward to this Monday with Rob Sr. even more than a vacation, trip, or gift!