Most of you know that i've been playing single mom for the last three weeks, as my husband gets trained on all the exciting ins and outs of his new business adventure! On a whole, the girls and i have kept sane and very busy! Honestly, we have potentially done more in the last three weeks than we have done in a very long time! Most of which- we've missed P terribly...
The major event over the last three-week-long-adventure was my experiencing whole-heartedly the Seven Year Itch! I had heard and read and wondered about this phenomenon, but boy oh boy, did it hit hard!!! (By the way, i've been married for 10 1/2 years...) The itchy-itch is with my house! Home sweet home and i are having some issues...
On feb 11, 2013, we celebrated our seven-year-anniversary in our home! Seven years seems impossible as i remember in vivid detail every moment of that day!
But, here we are, one month later, one able-body down, and the house may as well be crumbling around me...
In these last three weeks without P at home, my dishwasher broke, then worked, then it broke again. It was just fixed after two visits from the technician, an hour ago! Horray!!!! The dryer broke, but did not regain a short-lived second wind like its cousin. Thankfully, my hoarding has come in handy as we have lived well over a week and a half on clean clothes... But it's going to be a long day of laundry when we finally get a new dryer!!!
I was convinced that our super-state-of-the-art sleep number bed broke the other night, too- but it's just tempermental and is fine now!
In and amidst the decline of my home, I also had to complete my final three weeks of my coursera.com class (including 2 papers), i consigned over 200 items at a big sale, cleared out our old storage unit, and have managed to get the kids to school (somewhat on time), me to work (mostly on time), and the dog fed (nearly on time) every single day!
We survived a three day surprise trip to PA and a 48 hour fever...
At some point, i managed to throw out at least eight trash bags full of junk that my genetically-induced hoarder children have stashed throughout my house, and even managed to keep my husband's work space clean!
Whew! that sums it all up in a nice and neat package! and, rIght now, on this gorgeous afternoon in march, awaiting the arrival of my long-lost husband (in 9 or so hours, that is...) i am relaxed. And enjoying it!
And i can finally say, as they always say, all's well that ends well!!!!
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