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Monday, March 22, 2010

flying solo

Keep your fingers crossed for a week that does not involve:
  • any more sore throats, 104 fevers, swollen glands, or strep throat diagnoses (2/3 of the child population is enough)
  • 1,934 tantrums a day (my limit is 1,933 before I go absolutely crazy)
  • any additional appliances malfunctioning (I can live without a dishwasher... not so much without a fridge or stove, or god forbid, my computer)
  • a five-day streak of today's rain and thunderstorms!  (sunshine is a necessary component to my survival... and thus, the kids'...)
  • a complete void of other adult faces or conversation in this house (the ladies coming over one night better be prepared for a chat-deprived me)
Yup, lovely hubby has left on a jet plane, but I do happen to know when he'll be back again, thankfully, because this mama needs to know where the finish line is, you know?  Oh yes.  I must survive for five days being the sole responsible party for this wild bunch of kids.  That will most likely mean:
  • dinners that involve lots of cheese and bread products, like cheese quesadillas and cheese pizza and grilled cheese (why make full dinners when it's really only going to be me eating them?)
  • dirty children (mama doesn't enjoy bathtime... that's a daddy duty, so the kids will be ripe and ready for him by week's end)
  • weepy bedtimes ("Daddy do rock-rock!!!" will probably be heard for miles radiating from our house around 8 pm every night.)
  • funny phone calls that involve lots of "What did he say?" and "Remember, Daddy can't see you on the phone."  (hoping that hubby can get skype loaded up on his work laptop, but not telling the kids of that possibility lest I'm met with failure and three irate villagers.)
  • I'll be constantly hyper-aware of the current time every single minute.  (this may help.)


Seriously, I know that there are a gazillion people who do this each and every day in their families, so please don't take my feeble attempt at humor as statement that I truly feel put out beyond my capacity. I do think we'll make it. Crazy and all.


Looking forward to Friday night like you can't believe,

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4 comments:

  1. Carrie3/22/2010 4:59 PM

    Fingers crossing.

    Doesn't matter who else does it all the time. It's HARD when one parent is out of the loop. Here's to you making it - cheese, bread & all!

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  2. Bin3/22/2010 6:13 PM

    Hang in there man. We'll get you through it.

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  3. Dim Sum, Bagels, and Crawfish3/23/2010 3:12 AM

    Love the counter...hang in there and I agree it doesn't matter how many other people do it on a daily basis it is still hard, hard work. Kind of like moving...moving around the block is just as painful as a move across the country. Whenever my husband is gone we eat a lot of pancakes and cereal :)and chocolate (for me,not the kids unless they find my stash).

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  4. Aimee @ Smiling Mama3/23/2010 10:40 AM

    Good luck! Your bread and cheese meals cracked me up--those are my go-to fast meals, too! (And eggs--eggs make a great dinner!) Here's to blue skies and clean noses!

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