Husband is Out, Kiddies are Asleep...

... and I'm with Christian Grey for the night! 😂🤤

These are times when I truly enjoy having an unconventional lifestyle!~ With my husband being a freelance photographer, there are some nights where he gets the irresistible urge to go out and capture some magic. Usually this involves long-exposure light trails, or flaming steelwork, but the results are pretty outstanding each time...

(Here is an example of what he's going out to do right now)

Tonight is one of those perfect evenings where the kiddies have both fallen asleep right after he left... and now I have the entire evening to myself 😈 So I plan on reading some 50 Shades of Grey -- and nothing more! 😅😳

Since becoming a parent of two young children, moments like these are extremely rare. It is extremely rare for me to get even a moment of time -- a moment of peace -- to myself. I can honestly no longer put a date to the occasion, but I know that I have not experienced a moment in well over two weeks...

Because these moments are so far and few in between, I need to seize any opportunity once it presents itself! Usually this means being able to do a couple hours of reading, or colouring, or writing... Sometimes, when I'm having a really bad day, I unfortunately have to use the opportunity to catch up on sleep, and I always feel like it is wasted...

Even tonight, despite having a moment to myself, being a housewife is recognizing that even after my husband comes home, I will be expected to resume tending to his needs again (which obviously means sex, he already made it evident to me lol). Despite the fact I have been active and aware with our children all day, overstimulated and exhausted, while he has had a day full of doing everything on his time, I know that I will still be expected to take care of him.

Several times throughout the day I have to remind myself of the Marcus Aurelius quote:

"Do not suppose you are hurt, and your complaint ceases. Cease your compliant, and you are not hurt."

I know that I am not a perfect person, but it does not diminish the fact that I am a beautiful person. There are few people who can replicate the efforts that I make for my loved ones. There are few people who possess the patience, tolerance, awareness, self-improvement, or self-control that I do.

So, for the time being, I will continue to take on my role with dignity. And in the meantime, I'mma let Grey take care of me for an hour or two 🤤✌️