{"id":1257,"date":"2007-06-17T11:42:00","date_gmt":"2007-06-17T15:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/?p=1257"},"modified":"2007-06-17T11:42:00","modified_gmt":"2007-06-17T15:42:00","slug":"break","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/?p=1257","title":{"rendered":"Break"},"content":{"rendered":"

I went out last night to buy a dress for Emily after realizing that she has none that fit her properly. I had asked her if she wanted to come along, but she said I should get her one and surprise her.<\/p>\n

Since I was at the mall, I decided to stop at the Apple Store. I went to the back of the store with my determined face on, which tends to deter kiosk vendors and over-eager salespeople. One guy, however, was very friendly and greeted me, so I smiled back and said hi. He looked familiar.<\/p>\n

He came up to me as I was pondering games, and said, “Aren’t you that Zork girl?”<\/a> Aha! Yes! It was Zork guy! We reminisced again about text-based games and he said that I would forever be tied in his mind with that entire genre. I love that! I left him my card so he’d have a name to go with the Zork connection. He’s got a Windows machine now, so he’s going to try to download some and give them another shot for old times’ sake Nice guy, I like him.<\/p>\n

I did not, by the way, buy any games. I spent far too much money on my solo weekend, and I’ve got too much other stuff to do to really enjoy a new game anyway.<\/p>\n

Everybody’s asked if I was doing wonderful and wild things this weekend. The answer has turned out to be “nope.” Instead I’ve wandered around town doing things I wanted to (hence the spending too much money), and also taking care of a lot of errands like dropping things off at Goodwill, etc. I think there’s been some disappointment on some people’s parts because of that, but there shouldn’t be. It’s still a great break.<\/p>\n

When I’m taking care of Emily, there’s a constant blanket of responsibility over my mind. Whatever I’m doing, I have to also have a process running in my mental computer that factors in how it affects my child. When she’s out of town, I don’t have to factor that in. The blanket is peeled off and more of who I used to be is exposed. I can stay up late if I want, knowing that there won’t be a little person stealing my bed at 6am. I can go to the video store and know that I’m free to browse as long as I want without a little person getting bored, or having to subconsciously keep constant tabs on her location. I can play my music loudly, even the stuff like Ike Reilly<\/a> that has lyrics that are obscene.<\/p>\n

life is definitely different without my daughter around. Nonetheless, I’ll be very glad to have her back today.
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