time to myself...

Today is the first full day that the children and I have been on our own!! Rob has gone "hunting". By that I mean he is at the cottage at Lac Galarneau with my parents, grandparents and others who actually hunt while he is fooling around with his new RTV, vegging inside while the others are out hunting, and basically escaping family life for almost a week. He's supposed to be back Wednesday.

The kids already miss him! Me, not so much. Sure it would be nice to have his company but after 11 years of him day after day I can certainly handle, if not welcome, a few days without him. So far I haven't found dirty socks under the coffee table, no blankets to fold first thing in the morning that he used the night before watching tv till the wee hours, no mess in the sink after he shaves, and when I go to the cupboard for a cup there's actually some in there as opposed to left out on my front porch. What kind of sucks is that I have to get up early enough even if the kids sleep late because he's not here to let the dogs out in the morning and feed them and I actually have to get dressed in the morning and get the littlest one up and at it to take the bigger kids to school.

I have become very paranoid too! I'm already afraid of the dark. I mean really afraid of the dark! So last night, our first night on our own, I made sure all the doors were locked (naturally) as well as all the windows (you never know right) and even went so far as to put a towel over the two door windows that have no blinds or curtains...yeah I'm a little paranoid I guess......The christmas lights are on outside (i know, pretty early but I put them up myself today) and I really should go outside and unplug them but it's dark out there and all the kids are asleep...maybe I'll take the dogs out with me...yeah that's what I'll do...maybe...