I miss being a Mum

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Today I took 2 trains & walked 5 miles with 3 bags of shopping to see my 2 DS 18 & 20 who house share together.
I cooked us lunch (the 1st cooked meal one had had in 3 weeks 😂)
We didn’t have any garden chairs so we sat in the sun with lunch & wine out of Beano mugs on cushions.
I cleaned the washing machine & did 2 loads of washing
I batch cooked meals for the freezer
I cleaned the hob
I listened to them bickering about toilet paper
I listened to their plans for the evening- so carefree
They asked for washing/cooking advice
I got impromptu hugs
I got thank you

The best afternoon in many years
I miss being a mum

Seriously, how do you clean a washing machine?

This is really lovely. My DS is only 4 weeks old, but I hope I'm able to do this for him some day. 😊

For everyone saying you shouldn't be doing all that. My Mum did it for me occasionally when I was at uni and I'm a perfectly capable, functioning adult who can cook, clean, look after a baby and hold down a job, so it's not damaged me irreparably or anything. All it did was make me appreciate my wonderful Mum even more and gave me some fab memories of impromptu days in my student house when she would come to visit. My flatmates have all adopted her as some kind of second Mum too and we're all very grateful to this day (and all fully-functioning members of society who aren't a drain on our respective partners!)

*my uni flatmates. They're not my flatmates anymore, sadly.