Home Alone

Jim took the boys on a father son weekend. They had planned to camp, but due to rain and severe storms in tonight's forecast, they are in a hotel. Last night they went to a drum corps show, today they have been at the pool at the hotel, and visiting Jim's dad. They are having a blast. While it is a little odd to have the house completely to myself for this long, it has been good. I originally planned to spend most of the time that my guys were gone working, both at my summer job and at home. I had imagined getting the whole house completely clean and decluttered. That hasn't exactly happened but I am not upset. I decided to relax my expectations for the weekend and to just enjoy the desperately needed alone time. I did work 5 hours yesterday and over 7 today at my summer job. I have also gotten laundry done here at home and packed for our family trip that we are taking next week. Otherwise, I have shopped at Wal-Mart and the Salvation Army (where I scored a cute new pair of sandals), played online, read, rested, and puttered around the house getting some other odds and ends done. Tonight I will soon get ready for bed and read until I am too sleepy to keep my eyes open. Tomorrow I will head to church and come home to greet my guys. After battling depression off and on for the past few months, the solitude has been just what I needed. While Jim is making wonderful memories with our boys, I am recharging so that I can be the wife and mom they need.