Pastor's Conferences

At one time it was a love-hate relationship. I loved them because I got out of the house, got to eat out, and most importantly got to hopefully meet lots of other moms and kids and just sit and visit while the kids (hopefully) played well without bothering me. In the end there usually weren't many mothers that attended or if there were it was a struggle to coordinate everyone and find out what to do when. Oh, sure, there were lots of fun conferences with lots of amazing moms and kids, but I remember always feeling more stressed than when I was at home because I was making them all about me and my chance to have a social life again for a few days.

But things have changed. For one thing my life at home is, eh-hem, much more chaotic than it used to be. All hopes of a social life are gone and honestly I don't really miss it. Oh I love the friends I have dearly but I guess I'm quite content these days being a hermit. Plus...4 kids make a lot more mess than 2. 4 kids eat a lot more than 2. So a chance to not clean up my house, do laundry, OR cook for nearly THREE days?! Dude, count me in.

This conference was the best yet. There is only one other mother here with children. Normally this would have been enough to start my complaining about why do I ever come to these things anyways when they're so BORING?!

Now I live for boring. ;-)

When I was telling my husband about our morning yesterday I explained that the other mother here is one of the happiest women I have ever met. She is constantly laughing or smiling and I found it absolutely infectious. But perhaps one of the best things about our time hanging out was that she is so laid back. We both enjoyed conversing and allowing our children to play together but we were both perfectly happy to part ways and head back to the hotel rooms when the kids began to disagree. And in the room, on goes the TV (which thankfully is a big deal since we don't watch it at home) and to the bed with my book and computer go Mama. So for two days Disney has been entertaining my kids when in our room and I have decided hotels are my new favorite place again...especially when the conferences in our new district provide nearly all the meals so we don't have to worry about eating out for every meal!!! Now if you'll excuse me, I have a book to read.