WEEKEND JOLLY: WHAT ARE YOU DOING THIS WEEKEND?

My phone rings just about an hour to close of work and expectedly it was my friend La'vive another working mom.  She calls to find out if we could go out for a drink. She goes "Ou 'est, what's your plan for this evening, let's hang out". "Mba oh,  Viveman I'm not in the mood, Nne, I get plenty work for hand which I hope to tidy up this weekend".  Ou'est sef you too do. Why are you so hard on yourself ?... My dear I get project for hand! Mary it is Friday,  biko make we comot go catch fun jare. "Ok, Vive where are we rolling to? (phone goes off) .........She calls back... "Sorry the line went off, this MTN eh! na so so thief dem be (she hissed).  So Vive where we dey go?" Em! make we go 'The Place' or Ree Danielle, I enjoy the music from the live bands in both places.  (all of a sudden); abeg make we talk later, my husband is calling. She hung up.  See me, see trouble, If oga come get plans nko? Wetin woman pikin go come do? Now I'm back home from work and thought I should blog about 'today' a Friday and 'Weekend' too.  I know that I am not the only one having this challenge, there are other moms in my kind of shoes. 

Vivian and Myself  at the Auto lounge

Seriously I 'Thank God is Friday', the last day of the long business days, the beginning of weekend. I know that a whole lot of moms out there must have waited for the weekend honk, to alert them that they have yet another opportunity and time to themselves, and that we can actually have fun and live life to the fullest even though it’s all about drama and the fuss in playing our roles in the drama called life.  The weekend starter; Friday, reassures us of a moment of elated bliss and continuous leap of excitement born out of the thought and feeling that one is free at least from work and the hassles tied with it. But to a considerable whole like me, they don’t buy the idea or get the weekend honk either. In fact, most of us moms don’t have the ears to listen to honking TGIF. Perhaps, circumstances have twisted your programmes to run through normal business days and unto weekends like mine.  We are still saddled with the need to meet family needs,  a work load to tidy up and some businesses to catch up with or some unfinished stuff to take care of. Consequently, for these ones, there are NO weekend plans or timeout plans to relax and stay rejuvenated from their heavy 5-days job.     

WM Ask? 

What are Working Moms planning for the weekend and how do you MOMS intend to spend the weekend so as to ease off the stress and depression of the week and equally pave way for freshness, good health and happiness. 

How do you make it worth your while? 

WM Suggests:

Working moms irrespective of their work, career pursuits or the enormous family load and ‘troubles’, are expected to take a time out at times like this to relax and calm their nerves and also unwind to keep body and soul intact in order to reduce wrinkled faces, sadness, depression and worries and in turn have an assured good health and satisfaction.  It is often a good idea to engage in extra-curricular activities and stress-free activities in other to maintain good body and health fitness as this increases how we they are being appreciated and most importantly the span of life. Relaxation also helps the brain to cool off and this is medically important because major stress problems associated with the brain often times results to High Blood Pressure, which is common and some other brain-related issues which can be very disturbing and challenging. After the long hours of joggling work and family, it is advisable and medically true and rewarding to make out time from our busy schedules especially during weekends to ease ourselves off the stress that have accumulated during the long business days. 

Relaxing or unwinding takes different meanings with different moms. To many moms, weekend relaxation may include hanging out with friends in the cinemas or movies, partying, visiting friends in their homes, meeting up with relatives, and loved ones and so on but not really having a time for yourself to indulge. And to another, it could be taking a workout lesson in a gym or exercising at home to keep fit. Relaxation here varies among moms and to them once they engage in any of these activities, there is an unusual renewal and retouch made to them. Whichever way you choose to unwind, the thing is, whatever you do, that enhances your mood and instills happiness or joy, and also assures your health, makes a good relaxation or unwinding ingredient. Activities like taking a walk around your neighborhood, playing a game of tennis or volleyball or any other exercise. Funny at times simple things like having a gist session with friends that can amuse you, having a good laugh when someone says something funny, giving yourself a chance to explore on things that tickle your fancy, reading a fashion or celebrity magazine and criticizing them, and so on really helps. The reason for this is not far-fetched. It gives inner satisfaction and upgrades your intellect unconsciously because now you are giving yourself a chance to see life differently - You catch fun, exercise, meet and make new friends, spend more time with the kids and family, share ideas, explore topics and subjects different from your work-related issues, and also increase the strength of your relationship. 

Moms need to take note that the upcoming week will take a long work stride of about 4 days plus. Hence, they need to plan out the present week modules very carefully and well, so that they would not have any regrets or cases of ‘remnants of happiness’. From TGIF to OMG is Monday already!. Moms can draw up a weekend plan, mapping out and listing activities in order of preference and priority. This will help us to know how to go about our weekend, how the weekend ought to take its shape and how things should be done, what is up and what is being omitted and how to cover lapses and get anticipated satisfaction. 

WM strongly advice that moms should have a time totally separate from their very many tight schedules to give meticulous attention to themselves as well as engage in things that will make them massage the popular nursery quote, “All Work and No play makes jack a dull boy”.