I can't hide in the bathroom forever...or Why I want to stay at work today

There are days in one's life when you really want to just hide away from everyone so you can have some peace and quiet. For me that usually means, going home from work and hiding in the bathroom for a half hour. (Thank goodness we have two bathrooms.) This is the only place where I do not have someone wanting my attention.

During the day I get very little time where I don't have someone in my classroom either needing my help, giving me help, or rehashing the morning / afternoon classes and issues. I truly love my job and can't see myself doing anything else, but man sometimes I need a break from the human race. I used to have the 30 minute drive to and from work where I could be all alone. I could ignore my phone, no one in the car to talk to and the radio as loud as I wanted and singing as horribly as I could. That changed two years ago when my oldest son became a student at my school rather than going to his home school. I love that I get to spend more one on one time with him each day, but car rides aren't as quiet as they used to be. Then in the afternoons when I get home I have my other son waiting to talk to me, show me his latest creation on Minecraft, and ask if he can go outside, or go find his friends, or stay up late..or anyone of another hundred questions. Mind you, this is all before I get through the door completely. My mother lives with us and she spends the days all alone until the kids come home, so she's ready for me to give her some adult conversation that does not include "can I" or "I want". I love my family and I do enjoy their company. But there are days where I would like to go sit in a quiet place and read my FaceBook in peace, or read a chapter in the book I've been reading for six months, or just sit and not have to think about anything. Thus, the reason I hide in the bathroom.

I can't stay there forever, so on days like today I find a reason to sit at my desk and do "work". I might not get anything accomplished, but that's OK because I'm not hiding in the bathroom...yet.