TGIF, baby!

As happy as I always am to reach Friday, I truly feel wiped out every Friday afternoon.  If I'm going to lay on bed and read celebrity gossip and snack-even if I haven't done that or missed it all the rest of the week, Friday afternoon:  there I am.  I always feel this curious mix of exhaustion, relief that the school week is over, elation for whatever "free" time I now have.  I rarely schedule activities on Friday afternoon to reserve it for "R & R".  But in an interesting twist, the binging on snacky foods and celeb gossip make me feel like crap and I don't feel regenerated or happy.  I feel gross.  So how can I shake this up?  Today I scheduled the boys each a tennis lesson, and then we're picking the big kids up at school.  I will have to make dinner for them, and then S & I are going out for dinner with H & I, which I am definitely looking forward to.  So I'm not giving myself the afternoon to veg.  Is that the answer?  More activities?  Maybe :/  Somehow the anticipation of nothing to do is always better than the reality.  (If the reality equals binging on rice crackers & reading about the Affleck/Garner divorce).  Okay-that's the issue. I've managed to find time for myself that feels good to my body and soul the rest of the week.  I need to reframe Friday afternoons.  Friday Fun Day indeed.  I do need to acknowledge making it through the week of activities/homework/projects/driving kids/meltdowns/making breakfast & lunches & dinners.  I need a way to celebrate that actually feels good, not icky.