Discovering "Me" time

Jan 1 2011 wasnt just the first day of a new year. It was also the first day of me without a job! Now was the chance of actually getting the much talked about "me" time. But what do you do with this "me" time was the big question. Oh dont get me wrong, I had loads of things i always wanted to do and always complained about not having enough time for it. But now I actually have it, ahem ahem!!

Working for 13 years makes you really wonder, if you can do anything else other then tapping on keyboard. So i decide it is time for me to find out. The first day was spent pottering in the house and doing things which everybody does on first day of the year. Eating, watching telly, speaking on phone and filling the sink with dirty dishes! I was not going to be any different. To be honest the first day cascaded its routine into the first week. And before I know it, I had spent a whole week not really doing anything exceptional! Oh yes, I did manage to get the house much tidier then it had been in the recent month, I did manage to see the bottom of my laundry basket and I did manage to do the ever pending job of putting the dishwasher cleaner ( the dishwasher has never been empty enough to do that !!!), but then surely those were not the things which counted as the "me" time.
I resolved to find some better things to do in the second week. So in between job applications ( nah, i cant give that up!) and struggling to convince a 4 year old that the nursery is much more fun place then home, i made a TO DO list!. Yes., the organised , detailed person that I am unless i see it jotted down the Yellow notebook, I dont feel fulfilled :) ( Also coz i have the memory of a fish - it helps!) . Now the to do list actually should have intresting things like visit friends ,go to an exhibition , visit the National gallery, shop around at boutique shops, read, and sleep ! It does have a few things among above, but nothing has happened so far!

What I really have been doing is housework, trying to teach the kid on the benefits of learning C's and K's ( in phonics, they both sound alike!!!), how if she gives me 2 chocolates out of the 4 she has , she CANNOT still have 4! ,answering questions like why do leaves fall down,and branches dont, why do we have lines on the palms of our hands etc etc!. and cooking.

Who ever said stay at home mums have all the time in the world and called them lady of leisure (as I have been called recently) have soo not stayed at home! I had more time when I was at work!!! I am not really sure what the "me" time actually entails, but when I find out i will let you know.