Kioko gives us all off on Mondays when the team plays a weekend match. I consider keeping Wyatt home with me, but then I imagine the luxury of doing our laundry and running errands by myself and I drop him at daycare. On my own, I finish all the boring chores before ten in the morning.

And then I have no idea what to do with myself. Truth be told, I really need the time alone to think. It’s very rare that I get a day off while he has daycare. I decide this is what people must ...