ok...so do you have to go somewhere EVERY day????

Joshua and I met Kelly, Sydney and Mollie for dinner at Chick-Fil-A last night. Chick-Fil-A is a great place to go with kids because they have a great play area. After eating, the kids can go play while the adults sit and talk to each other. After our friends left, Joshua and I stayed a little longer, he was playing with some boy in the play area, they seemed to be having a good time, I thought we could stay until 8:00 or until the other kid left, whichever came first.

I didn't have a book to read, any one to talk to, no food to eat, so I got out my phone to see what all my Facebook friends were doing. I updated my status saying I was at Chick-Fil-A watching Joshua play. Then, a friend makes a comment asking if I have to go somewhere EVERY day.

I guess it may seem like we go somewhere every day. We do go a lot. I work from home and have to keep regular 8:30 to 5:30 hours. Some days we do play or go outside with me coming in every 15 minutes or so to check my phone, fax and email. Some days I'm too busy to play and Joshua has to play alone or watch tv. Some days, I can only play Legos, superheroes. hide and seek or talk about bugs for so long before I go bonkers. Some days I take an actual lunch hour to go eat or to go to the store, but most days I don't take a lunch hour and I don't leave home . We live, some might say, "in the country" and there are no neighborhood children for Joshua to play with. Scott works a noon until midnight shift so we only see and talk to him for 2 1/2 hours between the time he gets up and the time he leaves for work.

When I'm finished work for the day, I like to take Joshua somewhere where he can play with other kids, run around, yell, scream, have fun, talk to someone other than me. I also like to take Joshua somewhere where I can sit, read a book, talk to someone other than him. Actually, I think our going somewhere may be more for me than for him.

Stay at home moms probably have some of the same problems as they are at home with the kids all day and no adults to talk to, but they can go to the park, go to the playground, go on a picnic, attend a playgroup, all designed so kids can play and adults can talk. Work outside of home moms have kids in daycare, designed so kids can play and adults can talk (while at work). Working from home with a kid in the home can be hard to do....But worth every bit of frustration.

Joshua starting kindergarten is going to be such a bittersweet moment.