Time for me?

 Me time?  What is that? Even when the kids are in school I’m busy.  The older girls think their little sister is annoying and do their very best to schedule time away from her.  I pick up her girlfriend so they can play together and they spend most of their time arguing about what they are going to do. So today, I rode bikes to the park with them where there are other kids thinking it would be relaxing for me while they play.  The sun is making me so tired, I think I need a nap and can’t wait to ride back home.I wanted to dust and  clean today, but the television was messed up so I spent way too much time trying to remedy the problem. I accidentally disconnected something from the back of the cable box, but when I reconnected it, I think I may have fixed the problem. I haven’t had time to check it to make sure everything is working right, but what a waste of time that was.

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