Lonely Time

Lonely time first started when I had Tonya's kids at my house for the month she was gone. A couple of the kids would pair up and demand lonely time from the other kids. Someone was always coming to me complaining that so and so wouldn't let them play because they were having lonely time. Well today was a pretty good day, but boy was I whooped after this week of Nate being away, so while the boys were fininshing up there math this afternoon I snuck out to the van with a magazine for some lonely time. Luke found me promptly 2 minutes after I closed the van doors. I told him to go inside that I was having lonely time, he must have reported that to the other boys, because they each came out to talk to me at 2 minute intervals. My 20 minutes consisted of 7 interuptions at least. It must have been a novelty to see me sitting in the van by myself, because it was worse than if I had just stayed on the couch with my magazine, I actually could have read it if I had stayed inside. There is no such thing as lonely time. I told that to the kids when the Kissacks were with us, and now I had to take my own advice and not leave anyone out because it was selfish. Oh well I gave it a shot, you can't blame me for trying, the shower isn't lonely time, the toilet isn't lonely time, and a nap isn't lonely time. Once I actually crawled into the attic and spent a good 30 minutes alone.