Mr. Webster was right

lux·u·ry (lgzh-r, lksh-)
n. pl. lux·u·ries
1. Something inessential but conducive to pleasure and comfort.
2. Something expensive or hard to obtain.
3. Sumptuous living or surroundings

Luxury as it applies to me: Having a husband who can tell by the dried tears on my terrible two year old's face that mommy might need a break. A husband who says dinner is great, smiles, and takes the two year old to play. A husband who does not think it is doing me a favor to watch our son, but who looks at it as his and Turner's time.
Turner threw a twenty minute long fit today at five fifteen when we walked in from our quick trip to Walmart. He was absolutely going to die if he was not allowed to wear his hat, gloves and mittens inside and sweat to death. We talked, we reasoned, he cried and I held my ground. Brad walked in during the middle of our "discussion".
We all managed to eat dinner with relatively few tears. I cleaned up the kitchen, a normal night. I then realized that I had not been able to stand around and leisurely look for a new book at Walmart. I asked if Brad would mind if I snuk out. He said go, enjoy yourself.
All it was, was a thirty minute trip to Barnes and Noble, but it maya as well have been four hours at a spa. The ability to stand and browse, look at every dust jacket, read the complete blurb on the inside cover- better than a massage. The ride to and from the book store made with my radio up to a level that I would never listen to it at with Turner in the car. Putting on a CD that I no longer listen to because it has a higher rating than the now acceptable "G".
Thirty minutes to myself, by myself doing nothing that needed doing. That is luxury to me. Knowing my son and husband were playing and happy having some guy time, decadent. I think every mom, especially the stay at home ones, deserve a few minutes every now and then to spend with themselves and sing too loud to questionable lyrics. It recharges my batteries. Little moments that keep me going and going and going, that's real luxury.