Being away.

I posted about being away from the kids for a few days. It was nice. Sleeping the whole night with NO intruptions.

My parents have a permanent camp site. Both my sisters and my brother camping and I decided I wanted a few days away from the kids to be 'normal' again. In the past 4 years I have adapted to a new 'normal'. But I miss the old one too. I stayed from Sunday night until Wenesday when I left for work.

Being there with my parents and siblings made me think of the good 'ol days when boys were out of the picture. Good bye never meant good bye forever. It meant see you tomorrow. When your whole body was full of scrapes and scratches from playing tag at recess. I miss that.

We sat around the camp fire each night and shared stories from when we were little and all the pranks we pulled on each other. All the pranks we pulled on our high school teachers. It was such a nice time to get away.

I feel bad that I left both the kids with Ryan for 3 nights. But he did great. I came home and he said it wasn't nearly as hard as he though it was. But he doesn't know how I did it for a month at home. And he doesn't know how I did it by myself in college. Neither do I. But thanks for keeping them and letting me have that time away. I promise to let you have your time away.