I had three different people ask if I was okay today. Every one of them said I looked really tired. Maybe that's because I haven't gone to bed before midnight the last few nights. I hope and pray I am not becoming an insomniac.
I am tired. So this evening I decided to pull out my secret weapon to combat stress. A little muscle relaxer, if you will.
(MAJOR PAUSE...I answered the phone without looking at caller id. The guy was doing a telephone survey. I always say "No thanks" and hang up, but tonight I was feeling generous. That was before I knew I was going to be on the phone for 15 minutes with him. Those guys really need to work on making shorter surveys...)
Back to my muscle relaxer...no, it is not a pill....here she is:
OH, Yes. My 10 year old daughter gives an amazing massage. Of course, I don't have much to compare it to. I have had one official massage by a true masseuse. I am a poor mama...I cannot afford to go get a massage every week or even every month. I do take credit for training and teaching the correct way and the incorrect way. She truly may have a calling.
Just recently she has become an entrepreneur. I now pay her $5 for a fifteen minute massage. I figure I'm getting a decent deal since those massage chairs at the mall charge $1 for every three minutes. She made $10 tonight. And I feel good. We both win.
This post is my inaugural post for Works for Me Wednesday.
5 comments:
My boys love to give mom a massage! Sometimes one will massage my feet, one will massage my hands or my head and one will massage my back.
Hey, we could say we were developing their fine motor/fine muscle skills... ;)
And what a wonderful stress reliever :)
My kids like to give an occasional massage too but they lack the finger strength at the moment (oldest is 6 1/2 yrs) but what a great idea to pay them for it in a few years! Course, I'll have to keep up with their training... you know, so that it's a payable "job". =0) Thanks for the tip.
From one poor mama to another...
Oh...can't. wait. till. kids. are. old. enough. to. do. this.
This is an awesome idea! Love it! Keeping it for future use. At 3 (on June 10) their hands are so small as is their attention span. Maybe if I could get them to do it together it would work! :)
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