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[quote=Anonymous]The one winter when I REALLY felt this way was last year, when we were still on our seemingly interminable potty training journey with our then 3-year-old DC. The combination of cold weather, Covid, tough age generally, and potty training made weekends just feel miserable. It was so hard to do the things we usually do to make them more pleasant, like spending a few hours at playground (there was a phase when DC refused to use public bathrooms but also understandably wouldn't use the portable potty in cold weather, and we were just absolutely housebound for like a month and a half), going out for brunch, going hiking, etc.

Now we have a slightly older, fully potty-trained kid and I love weekends. Even in the winter. We usually spend the mornings at home this time of year, sometimes I can get DC to do yoga with me, and we make breakfast. Then we do some kind of outing that we combine with lunch. Today, because of the cold, we picked up sandwiches at a deli and took them to the Portrait Gallery, where we ate in the courtyard, looked at the orchid exhibit, and then spent 30 minutes or so exploring the galleries before it was time to come home for a nap. Now we are all resting/vegging out out, and we have leftovers in the fridge for dinner. DH and I will take turns doing one-on-one time with DC this evening so the other one can do something pleasant (I think I'm going to take a walk and listen to a podcast).

I'm looking forward to tomorrow as well. DC and I are both off work and we're meeting friends at a playground in the morning and then going to spend some time walking around monuments near the mall since the weather is supposed to be nice.

All of this is a pleasant break from work and the weekday grind. No complaints.[/quote]

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