Not that I am proud of it, but sometimes I have to take the long way home or hit traffic on purpose. My day is long. It starts at about 6 in the morning as I get ready for work and then wake TJ up and get him ready for preschool. We leave the house at 7, I drop him off and get into work at about 7:30. My students and I are together from 8 until they get on the bus at 2:30. I then have an hour to prepare for the next day (or have a meeting, which is seeming to happen a lot these days). Then I tutor students in grades 1 and 2 until 5:30. Basically I am with kids from 7 until 5:30.
Here comes the guilt!
TJ goes to bed at 7:30.
If I rush home I have about an hour and a half with him.
But sometimes I just need the peace and quiet of the car to calm me down. It is the only time of the day where I am alone. So... sometimes I hit traffic, or go the long way home on purpose, just for an extra couple of minutes to myself.
Does this make me selfish?
Not that I am proud of it, but sometimes I have to take the long way home or hit traffic on purpose. My day is long. It starts at about 6 in the morning as I get ready for work and then wake TJ up and get him ready for preschool. We leave the house at 7, I drop him off and get into work at about 7:30. My students and I are together from 8 until they get on the bus at 2:30. I then have an hour to prepare for the next day (or have a meeting, which is seeming to happen a lot these days). Then I tutor students in grades 1 and 2 until 5:30. Basically I am with kids from 7 until 5:30.
Here comes the guilt!
TJ goes to bed at 7:30.
If I rush home I have about an hour and a half with him.
But sometimes I just need the peace and quiet of the car to calm me down. It is the only time of the day where I am alone. So... sometimes I hit traffic, or go the long way home on purpose, just for an extra couple of minutes to myself.
Does this make me selfish?
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