Travel Opener

Corey left this morning on his first business trip of the season. He'll be gone roughly every other week from this point until May.

The good news? After I get the kids to bed, I'll be free to curl up on the couch with my "Northern Exposure" DVDs, an obsession I have that Corey doesn't share.

The bad news? I'll miss nightly moments like this.

Footnote: I feel compelled to add that I finished the Harry Potter series yesterday, which is a darn good thing because I doubt I could have read them by myself in a darkened house -- too much intensity to handle alone. Yet, since they are almost impossible to put down, I probably would have found myself reading them anyway and then never sleeping.

Also, now that I've finished "The Deathly Hallows," I'm backing off my assertion from last week that I would like to parent like Dumbledore. I still admire his patience and wisdom and charm. But I wouldn't want to emulate him in every way.

4 comments:

  1. Aww, I predict some long weeks as the girl who yells "Da!" tries to figure out why he disappears for days at a time!

    By the time you get them all to bed, you'll deserve the treat of curling up and watching whatever you wish.

    But, um, is a Minnesota winter not enough Northern Exposure for you?!

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  2. I'm sorry Kelly. I get it. I really do. Every other week feels like my middle name. Ew.

    You are a bigger person than I though. The night before Ryan leaves, I'm so uptight that I act like a big freak. Knowing is half the battle. Now I just need to STOP freaking...sigh.

    I'll be thinking of you a lot and praying for smooth days and a crazy miracle peace in the solo parenting.

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  3. Solo parenting.
    Not for the weak.
    May your snows be few and your thaws be many so at least you can get outside.
    (I do like to dream.)

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