Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Not even a little guilty
I planned to meet Jamie and the kids at the pool around 2 this afternoon. I thought I would hang out in my office working on my fall class for a couple of hours after my summer class got out and meet them in the parking lot at 2 sharp.
Instead, I met Ben for a quick lunch, swung by Walgreens for a thick style mag, and hit the pool deck by noon thirty, where I spent a blissful hour-and-a-half in the sun. By myself. Stretched out on a lounge chair. Like the first 28 summers of my life.
The last time I lounged by a pool like that was the day I went into labor with Harry, June 13, 2006. I spent everyday between the end of school and his birth sprawled in a chair by my apartment complex pool in a teeny bikini watching my stomach lurch and twitch as Harry moved inside it. He was always still when I went in the water, and I floated a lot that summer, my belly breaking pool's surface, the rest of me blurry and submerged. Looking back on that summer and the gluttonous solitude I took for granted, I should have stocked up on thrillers and laid off the dissertation research books. And possibly the milkshakes.
In other news, Jack: Exactly like Ben only shorter.
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I'm envious of that sunbathing time... sounds like heaven :) Funny how pool time changes once the kids arrive!
ReplyDeletezOMG, cutest pregnant lady EVER!
ReplyDeletei remember my single girl days lounging by the apartment complex pool every day of summer (biggest perk of being a teacher). Sigh. I knew I had it good--but I didn't know HOW good. LOL
GENIUS.
ReplyDelete36 weeks preggo and I too was floating poolside today. I cannot believe how great it feels to be in the water when you're at the finale. It makes me want a water birth now....but to lay out by yourself, yeah, I am so jealous!
ReplyDeleteI never was one for laying out. But, alone time relaxing without any kids- priceless! I need some of that I think...
ReplyDeleteSuch a great day! You guys work HARD! You certainly deserve some down time!
ReplyDeleteI can't even imagine an afternoon in the sun by the pool. Heaven. Jealous. Very.
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