Redundant Mammy - Time to "build" a new you!

 

Well Redundant Mammy   had a bit of a wobble this week when she realised she was no longer "building" anything. It suddenly hit her, all those years of planning and plotting her kids future, being unpaid taxi driver, referee, social worker, teacher. The goal being that her kids would be ready for the big bad world out there.Now they are, the "building" the future for them has come to an end.
So after feeling sorry for all of ten minutes Redundant Mammy dusted herself off and made a list. This is what it said.....

1. Time to "build" me!
2. What do I really want to do with the rest of my life?
3. Still trying to figure out no. 3 !!!
4. Time to get a job, meet new people and earn some money!
5. No 4 was the eventual answer to no 3
6. How do I do that? What skills can I "build" a new future with?
7. Up skill? no money to do that...or do I need money...check out free courses
8. Who needs me? Volunteering...where, how?
9.  Stop wasting time... wasting time on the past instead of planning for the future
10. List made, time now to start "building" the new me!

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Redundant Mammy reminisces buckets and spades!

Sunshine! Amazing at last that there are blue skies and not a drop of rain. While enjoying the Summer that may only last a few days I was giving some thought to where all the endless buckets and spades and water pistols and yellow arm bands have ended up over the years? A substantial amount of money was spent on these items, with not a bit of credit for it now, I might add. What grown up child ever says "You must have spent a fortune on buckets and spades, ice cream, and days out during the Summer holidays when I was growing up" Nor did we actually add up the value of all those buckets and spades either, it's just I wonder where they all went!!! Also I miss them!!!

 Good weather brought trips and adventures and picnics, now as a Redundant Mammy there are no longer  excuses to dodge the housework and escape into the magical world of a children's Summer , and the thing is we always felt there was so much we had to do. That demon guilt ticking away, spend time making memories or spend time catching up on  the to do list posted on the fridge door.

Whether employed inside or outside the home it is now a different time with offspring settled in their "grown up" world. Summers are different. More time after work, more "me" time but if you are still in the earlier years make the most of it and forget those lists, they will be there when you get back.
For those of you sending them off to the gaeltacht or overnight Summer camp plan ahead for how you are going to enjoy your time and remember this is their time to make new memories. Having said all that, I think I will go search in the garage tomorrow to see if I can find all those buckets and spades, maybe someone will get use out of them again! Enjoy the sunshine!