Stuck (Five Minute Friday)

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My husband went out of town for the weekend with his sister to compete in a road rally. He invited me to come along but I knew it would be more enjoyable for all of us if I stayed home. Road rallying is hubby’s hobby, not mine. It just isn’t fun for me. He probably feels like I would be stuck at home if I didn’t go with him, but that couldn’t be further from the truth. I LOVE being “stuck” at home. As we go through the process of reclaiming our home as our own after the kids moved out, I enjoy it even more than ever before.

I had a list of things I wanted to get done. Nothing overly taxing. But there were a couple of errands and a meeting I needed to attend, so I was fine with staying home. I got a project mostly done off my list of goals for the year. I watched a couple of movies on NetFlix on Saturday night (my version of date night). I didn’t cook but decided to make myself Green Smoothies for two meals each day, and in this way, I knew I would be eating healthier and spend much less time fooling with food than normal.

I listened to some podcasts and read some more in the book I am reading. I even finished listening to an audiobook. It turns out it is much easier to listen to an audiobook or podcast when there is nobody else home to interrupt you or start talking to you and not realize you are listening to something. So, there is that.

On Friday night, I actually went to bed much earlier than I had been so I was ready to get up early and get those errands done on Saturday morning. It was kind of a nice change to be “stuck” at home alone and be completely free to order my day the way I wanted to and not have to answer to anyone for where I went or what I wanted to eat and when. I wouldn’t choose to live alone all of the time by any means and I honestly hope it never comes to that. However, I am perfectly capable of entertaining myself, getting plenty of sleep and feeding myself when I am home alone for the weekend. I’ve never lived alone in my entire life, so having the occasional weekend to try it out is kind of fun.

I would have felt much more “stuck” if I had gone along on the trip and been stuck for six-plus hours in the car each way, then hanging out in the hotel room Saturday while they did their rally and stuck in the car on Sunday because they had to check out before they left to rally again that day too.

Umm, no thanks. I think I will just stay home. No sense spending the extra money to feed another person in a restaurant all weekend. You go have fun, I’m sure I can find something to pass the time while you are away. Yeah, I’m sure, really.

This post is part of the weekly Five Minute Friday link-up!
The prompt this week is: Stuck
The assignment: Write for five minutes on the word of the week. This is meant to be a free write, which means: no editing, no over-thinking, no worrying about perfect grammar or punctuation. Just write.

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