What do you miss?

[callmekd]

What are you missing the most right now?

[callmekd]

I miss being alone in my house.

[mae0111]

Apr 7, 2020 6:03:38 GMT -5 callmekd said:

I miss being alone in my house.

Omg yesssssssss

I can’t stand not having any time alone.

I miss date night out with DH. Our kids don’t respect boundaries and their sleep schedules are all messed up despite my best efforts, so it’s nearly impossible for us to have a conversation without interruption.

I miss being able to run normal errands.

I miss being able to take the kids for a walk to our favorite beach, or the playground, or bowling, etc.

Really hoping we can get back to normal soon!!

[twinmomma]

Separation between work and home.

Family play dates with our friends in town.

[covergirl82]

Freedom!

Seeing friends in person.

Watching the kids play sports.

I'm probably going to get arrested if the stay home order goes into May.

[librarychica]

I miss being able to plan ahead. I would find this so much easier if I knew I could plan on summer camps, could tell the kids when it would end, etc.

I miss dropping the children off at my parents and having an afternoon/evening to myself.

I miss H leaving and being able to miss him. I miss leaving H and being happy to see him in the evening. So much togetherness!

[rere]

I miss our friends. Picking up and going shopping on a whim. My classes. My kids getting to see their friends. Getting a hair cut and colored. Looking forward to trips. Looking forward to anything.

[ilovelucyvv]

I’m hesitant to buy a lot of things online like clothes because H isn’t going to support me going to return them via mail or store if they don’t work out. Instead i have been buying more at home spa like products.

I really miss peace and quiet. It does not exist. I am also a planner so not knowing the future is a struggle.

[twinmomma]

Silly/vain thing I miss: Getting my nails done. I had to soak off my dip nail polish myself the other day. 2 hours later, between that and all the hand washing, my fingers are toast.

[mommyatty]

Getting a hair cut and color. Sending the kids off to school. Seeing friends on occasion.

I’m surprised that I don’t miss more stuff. I’m actually pretty content with us all being at home, though I really wish this would end because it’s scary as hell.

[k3am]

Apr 7, 2020 8:56:38 GMT -5 twinmomma said:

Silly/vain thing I miss: Getting my nails done. I had to soak off my dip nail polish myself the other day. 2 hours later, between that and all the hand washing, my fingers are toast.

It’s too late now, but next time coat around your nails with vasoline before you put the cotton pads soaked with acetone on. It will protect your skin from the chemicals.

[k3am]

I miss seeing friends. I miss randomly having a house full of kids that destroy everything and then run off down the street.

[186momx]

I miss going to work and just being an accountant/tax lady.

I miss going to the gym and talking to the other mom's at gymnastics

I'm mourning my alone Fridays that won't be starting next week. I'm also mourning my get out of dodge day that I always do after tax day.

[waverly]

I miss being away from my family, date nights, girls night out, breweries, school, playgrounds, the beach, going out on errands, not being afraid, going on vacation. 

I do enjoy sleeping in, and doing less work (per my boss's request), and cleaning weird stuff in my home that we never got to very often/ spring cleaning, crafting with the kids if I can keep my patience after spending all my time with them.

[supertrooper1]

I miss:
Eating in a restaurant.
Going shopping. Even just to the grocery store knowing that they will have everything I need.
Having my hair cut and colored.
Not being judged every time I leave my house

[sdlaura]

I just miss my regular routine in general. Walking my kids to school, talking to my coworkers and clients in person, OrangeTheory workouts, tball games, Saturday mornings at the Y while the kids are in child watch, lots of time at playgrounds, every other Friday night date night with DH and friends, hair and lash appointments. Putting on nice clothes and accessories.

I've tried to develop a new routine now, and that made me feel better. I now do my home exercise in the morning and feed kids breakfast, work 8:30-12:30 while either my parents/daycare provider are with the kids, feed kids lunch, put toddler down for nap, big kids in front of a movie and work again 1:30-5 while DH gets the toddler up from his nap and watches the kids starting at 3:30 pm, and he makes dinner. DH still gets Saturday mornings to sleep in while I take the kids somewhere outside (getting harder and harder since more outdoor areas keep closing), and on Sunday mornings I sleep in a bit, exercise, and wash and style my hair. But next week I need to integrate more school stuff for the kids when they're done with spring break and that will throw the routine off again, and then there's all the uncertainty with when the new baby will arrive and whether the kids will still all be off then, and that drives me nuts.

[sandandsea]

I miss school and daycare for the boys- all their friends, learning, and the general care so I can actually focus on work. And eating out.

[sandandsea]

Oh and a haircut. I’ve needed one for 6 weeks and didn’t have time before the shutdown and now am probably going to do the Coronacut thanks to YouTube tutorials.

[mustardseed2007]

I miss my old paycheck and feeling fully secure and being able to be one of those people who pay their cleaning person not to show up. I miss being able to plan the summer.

I miss my kids' school so much. On the first Monday of the month they always do a monday morning assembly and so the head of school, dean of students and some specials teachers recorded messages and they compiled them together on a youtube video that we were able to watch on our TV. OMG I cried.

I cried on Saturday because I realized with cool weather and not having done that much that day we would normally go eat sushi just to have a place to go out. And I was crying because I'm afraid that restaurant isn't going to make it. We ended up treating ourselves to sushi take out and it made me feel a lot better.

[traveltheworld]

I miss the feeling that life is on the up and up. Having grown up poor, I was always very hesitant about feeling too hopeful for the future and always feared that somehow, the other shoe is going to drop. It was only in the past 2 - 3 years that I started feeling secure and was enjoying our successes in life. Now there's just so much uncertainty.

I miss the kids' sports. We are doing pretty well in terms of academics, but the kids really need more exercise, and I miss the social interaction.

[supertrooper1]

I'm going to miss DS getting a class picture. They were scheduled for next week and school is now cancelled in our state for the rest of the year.

[phdmomma]

Doing work by myself, without having to manage small humans at the same time. Summer camp, please let summer camp run for the kids. My favorite gluten free bakery for lunch on occasion. Exercise, I miss walking everywhere on campus and getting my steps in.

[rere]

And I am going to really miss Easter. I have been watching mass online. Easter was my favorite day to go to church. I loved seeing all of the cute little dresses. I got the kids new outfits. We would go to moms for dinner. Not this year. I did get some candy, but I don't know if the presents I ordered will be in by then. No dinner at moms. DH signed up to work since there will not be anything to do.

[sdlaura]

I thought of one other thing I miss - spending one-on-one time with each of my kids. I used to be able to pick one kid up early here or there to do something special.

[mellym]

I miss making plans and seeing people. Also, the carefree feeling of going to the grocery store, the Y, our parents' houses, etc. I would really like to go see my parents, grandparents, DH's parents, etc and we can't so it makes me sad.

DH's Dad is having heart surgery tomorrow and we are choosing to play it safe so we will facetime him tonight vs. going to visit him. The hospital isn't letting anyone in to be with him or visit and he will spend the night in the ICU. They don't currently have any covid patients so that's good news. His Mom has to drop him off at the main door of the hospital and they're supposed to call us with updates. The whole situation makes me anxious and I just want to know he's going to be okay. We won't go visit him when he gets home either because he's in his 70s and high risk with his heart.

[waverly]

I miss summer camp. I don’t know it’s been cancelled or postponed but the kids are so excited and DD is already packing her backpack for it. Not covid realated although we got a dog because we are home. I miss my cat. Now he spends all his time hiding from the dog.

[shakinros]

My office chair. I did not appreciate it until I had only bad choices for sitting at my makeshift desk (dining room chair, couch, etc).
Play dates for DD.
Time apart from DH. I have been doing ok but my well of support for his anxiety is depleted. If I have to hear about how he’s having a tough time even once more, I might explode.

[mommyatty]

shakinros, I bought a new chair on Amazon and now I don’t think I can go back to my office chair in my office. This one might have to come with me.

[rere]

I have the dining room office chair. Not a fan. I have a desk and chair downstairs, but it doesn't have a window. I have resisted bringing the office chair to the dining table, but it may come to that.

[sdlaura]

shakinros, several of my coworkers and my DH all brought their office chairs home with them!