Sometimes, I’m really good at feeling sorry for myself and being absolutely pathetic. Take last night for instance. I’ve got a bum foot, so I’ve been on crutches for about a week, this coupled with the fact that I can’t do much of work or school on crutches, has left me with a lot of free time. Unfortunately, in the case of last night, this free time does not include my husband; it sounds kind of lame when I put it this way, but the man is  my best friend. While I did get some homework done, lets be real, all I wanted to do was consume an entire pint of Ben & Jerry’s while watching Fuller House.

Sometimes being in a relationship with a Mason can be hard. Sometimes you can’t, or don’t want to come to Lodge dinners, or other meetings just to hang outside the Lodge room. If your Mason is anything like mine, Lodge night often involves hours at the Shrine bar afterwards, which often means that he’s not home until long after I’m asleep. While I didn’t approach last night in the most healthy way, it certainly could have been worse. And I did start making this list, a list I want to share with you, and hope that you will take and add to, and make your own. Please note that I am definitely an introvert, so those who are not will find themselves with completely different lists. Even if you don’t take any of these ideas, at least take the concept, so that you have something to pull out of your back pocket for when you’re feeling down and sorry for yourself on Lodge night (or any other night for that matter).

Things to Do on Lodge Night: (Especially when I’m feeling sorry for myself, in no particular order)

• Watch movies in genres he hates or only watches for you
• Make a super awesome dinner for one
• Bake!
• Play video games
• Take yourself out to dinner
• Order Chinese delivery, eat all of the evidence
• Do that thing you’ve been saying you’re gonna do for months
• Read a book
• Start a new hobby, or revisit one you haven’t had time for
• Work on the Master Craftsman Program
• Go for a nice walk (it’s getting to be that time of year)
• Binge watch an entire season of a show on Netflix
• Play a solo board game, or call up a friend and play games
• Call up some friends and go out for coffee or dinner
• Learn or start a new craft project
• Clean (boring)
• Organize (less boring)
• Go shopping, spend way too much time at the store
• Work out
• Work on a puzzle, crossword, sudoku, etc
• Check out your local library
• Work on learning a new language (check out Duolingo!)
• Drive out to the country and stargaze
• Actually write something by hand: a letter, a journal, a book
• Organize a girls night out on Lodge night with other SO’s from the Lodge

What would you add? What’s on your list?