What's your me time?

Since having the baby I have soaked up every moment of motherhood, all of my attention, every waking thought, and most dreams focused on that little bundle of joy.  Coming from a working environment to being a SAHM has been a hard adjustment I love being able to stay home and count my blessings that I am fortunate enough to be able to do that but the hardest part has been the lack of community.   Living in a town where your main source of social interaction on a personal basis is through work and suddenly being cut off from that was hard.  Here I was with my new little baby and I couldn’t have felt more alone.  I remember so clearly sitting here the day before my husband had to go back to work and bawling my eyes out.  I do have amazing friends who were and still are a great support but there was this strange feeling that the little guy and I were just “2 lost souls living in a fish bowl” or something like that.  We went to the grocery store where we never know anyone, attend a huge church that we don’t have any sense of community or involvement in (something we need to work on).  So I pretty much just poured everything I knew into being the best mom I knew how to be.  Nine months later I don’t feel so lost, I think it was the hormones and the stress of being a new parent that made me feel so homesick .  These last few weeks I have started to do a few more things for myself and man it feels good.  Just this week I went out with a friend who is moving away and spent a few hours out with just her doing girly things!  I also started being crafty again and that has been fun.  Actually I have spread my wings a little and have been doing some things that I have never done before (I will be posting pictures soon of some more projects).  But mostly I think having some me time or de-stressing doing something I want to do has been good for me and has helped me care for the little guy even better because I have taken the time for me.  Taking the time for me has never been something I felt I wanted to do, I haven’t felt the need to be away from the little guy but now I know that even if you don’t feel the need – you do need to get away even if just for a few.  It really does make you a better parent.