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A bit of "me" time. What would you do?

rob333 (zone 7b)

12 years ago

I'm thinking of scooting out of work a bit early. My son has gone on a school outing which will last overnight and into the day tomorrow. I want to something just for me, but it wouldn't last long and it would need to be somewhat cheap since I had to come up with fees, hiking boots, flashlight... for him.

What would you do with four or five hours of not working and not doing something with or for anyone?

:)

I have plumb forgotten what it is like to be a bachelorette. My guess is, since we stayed up late prepping for this trip, I'm likely to go to bed early. Doesn't that sound like rip roaring fun?

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pam_25f
12 years ago
Dinner and a movie?
lucillle
12 years ago
Choices

Dinner with a friend
Pizza and movie at home
Shopping
New haircut
Luxury bath with bubbles and stuff

Not choices

Catch up on laundry
Dust/vacuum
Clean refrigerator
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User
12 years ago
I'd head to a scenic spot and go for a leisurely walk. Then come home and take a long bath.

Enjoy your time!
rob333 (zone 7b)
Original Author
12 years ago
Yea, that bath one catches my eye.

Nice dinner and then bath? Maybe. That sounds great!
hounds_x_two
12 years ago
Mani/Pedi
dees_1
12 years ago
Oh my....

Grab a bottle of wine you enjoy (or some other beverage), a book you've been dying to read and get that tub ready!

Guilty pleasure? Box of Stouffer's Mac and Cheese doctored up with more cheese and some hot sauce. Cooked longer than the package suggested so the top cheese is all crusty, crunchy, brown and bubbly.

Don't forget to banish the kitties or they'll be crying to get in the tub with you!
dees_1
12 years ago
And after the tubby, hit the hay for a decent night's sleep.

Yup....living the high life! :)

but this is time for you so you need to make the most of it.
Jasdip
12 years ago
After your glass of wine and a bath, catch up on some of your favourite tv/movie episodes.
kayjones
12 years ago
I would sit and put my feet up for awhile, say 'ahhhhhhhhh', then run the best bubble bath and sit there for awhile. I would then go to bed and read awhile, then say 'night all' and SLEEP!
Georgysmom
12 years ago
I think I would call a friend and go to dinner and a movie.
sweet_betsy No AL Z7
12 years ago
Read the latest Michael Connelly thriller.
Have dinner with a friend.
Putter in my plants.
Granlan_TX
12 years ago
Movies at home because you can be very casual and eat or drink anything you want.

Enjoy your me time.
susanjf_gw
12 years ago
lol..I have LOTS of me time, in fact a bit too much....but if I don't get dressed till noon, plan dinner at 3 and serve at 5, it's been a great day! when gas wasn't so expensive I used to take drives and see things in the area I'd missed before...

right now I'm enjoying dwts, watched a bunny run thru the yard and hearing mrs cardinal last call before nesting....dh is watching the tigers play...I've got the best! lol...
Orchidllauraga
12 years ago
I would chose dinner with a friend and have some laughs. Then go home and take a long hot bubble bath, put on your jammies and watch tv till I fell asleep.
rob333 (zone 7b)
Original Author
12 years ago
Sounds like some of us recharge with people and some recharge just sitting still. It's all good!

Had a pound of steamed, head-on shrimp, and later, a bit of au gratin potatoes made with real cream. Mmm. I would've had to gone out to buy the wine and what I had in the house, vodka, really didn't sound appealing. Got caught up on the season finale of CSI that I'd missed. Watched the Warehouse 13 season/series (boohoo!) and the last installment of Those Who Kill, because a lot happened and it's taken me three tries to catch it all. Tonight, he'll be back and we'll watch the Big Bang Theory finale we missed and possibly the Warehouse 13 episode again. He won't know I've already seen it. If I hadn't kept falling asleep on the couch, a bubble bath would've been on the docket.

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