peelosophy

I’m blogging about my mornings this week because I want to be intentional and accountable about how I spend my time without kids.  To see how I came to be with out kids and how I desire to spend my time click here.

This morning I had time after I dropped the kids off to go home. I started my coffee maker and decided to “piddle” around the house until my lunch date at 11am.
Dictionary.com’s definition of “piddle” is this:
1. to spend time in a wasteful, trifling, or ineffective way; dawdle (often fol. by around): He wasted the day piddling around.
2. Informal. (esp. of children and pets) to urinate.
3. to waste (time, money, etc.); fail to utilize (usually fol. by away).

My friend Missy uses this term and I love it.  Although I think our meaning differs from the dictionary’s definition.  My definition is to “leisurely get things done around the house”.  There is no agenda for what I get done, if I get distracted – no big deal and it’s done  at an enjoyable pace.

Well, I piddled for only about a minute and  sat down on the couch to read a devotion and dozed on an off for an hour.  I was somewhere between not fully asleep and not wanting to move because I was so comfortable.  It was great.

I got up in time to meet one of my best friends from high school, Lvav, at lunch at St.Louis Bread Company.  We only get together once every 3 months or so and the time is always too short but sweet.  I got the new Chopped Cobb Salad and an Iced Tea.  I wouldn’t get it again, it wasn’t a traditional Cobb salad, there was no egg or avocado – the best part.

Am I sad my week of free mornings is gone?  Not so much.  I’m ready to get back into our routine.  Like I said yesterday, I am very challenged at getting everyone out the door at 8am.  It makes me cranky.  God help us when the boys are all grade schoolers.