No Reception
Today I become a husband-less wife. For a full week. Wednesday to Wednesday. That is sooooo long for me because I am spoiled and Brett hardly ever has any business trips. But this isn’t business. He’s going rafting down the Colorado River. It should be pretty fun, I’ll admit. However, it’s not something I could do for a full week. 3, maybe 4 days. That’s it. I have made sure the kids and I have plans to fill our days. Today it’s swimming at a friend’s house (and tonight it’s sushi for me with a good friend!). Tomorrow it’s movie day (and for me it’s kickball). Friday is a pool day at the gym. Saturday it’s pool day at my parents. Do you see the trend? Sunday brings us no plans…as of yet. Might be nice to have no plans. On occasion I’ll let the kids be lazy and watch TV more than they should. Have you checked out the Boomerang channel? It’s filled with cartoon classics. The good ones…Smurfs, Scooby Do, Flintstones, Johnny Quest- you get the idea! Uh, back to the original topic.
So not only will Brett be gone for a whole week, but he has no reception for a WHOLE WEEK. This makes me nervous for a few reasons. First, since we have met (9 1/2 years ago) I have not gone a full week without talking to him. Even when I was in Europe for 3 weeks with my family and we had only been dating a few months. Even then. Secondly, and this has happened before, something could happen to Emma where I have to take her to the ER. Once when he was golfing up north for a weekend I took her in for a huge seizure she had. And he was away. And couldn’t drive immediately home. Makes me a little nervous.
Oh yeah, he’s not the only one leaving. My parents will be at their cabin for a long weekend. My mother-in-law and her sister and mom will be in California the entire time. My sister-in-law and her kids are in another state. Even my neighbor is gone (and I’ve relied on him before when there was a snake in our back yard and Brett was gone). Feeling a little isolated here. Part of the reason why I have made many a plan while he’s away.
Wish me luck!
tour and picture found here.
If you need anything, you know we’d come help, just call…Looks like your week is packed. That’s a good thing. I wish I could get my s#!t together, it’s hard to recover from company, weekend bbqs and kids that didn’t get enough sleep (it was worth it though). We leave next Wednesday, so maybe we could try for Monday, if you are free. How did the key hanger turn out?
I hear you. My hubby has mentioned going out of town alone a few times and I’m a bit freaked out when I think of it. I am normally super independent and capable, but I worry that something will happen with Katie. At least you “let” him go.