Single mom, with only 2 kids

Eric took the boys out to Grand Junction, Colorado and Moab, Utah for the weekend. He's getting together with some college friends for some jeeping fun, and his dad is meeting him there. I'm so excited to do girl things with E and A! It is very quiet around here tonight.

Single mom

I got a little spoiled in Utah. Eric didn't have to travel much, so I had him home evenings and weekends. We also had easy-ish callings, so church didn't take away from family time, either. Since we've moved to Ohio, the travel has steadily increased, until it reached its peak this month, with Eric being home about 5 nights in the last three weeks. He got home from New York or Dallas or somewhere on Wednesday night, and then left on Thursday afternoon to go to a handgun training camp in Las Vegas with his dad and brothers. He gets home from that in the wee hours Tuesday morning and then goes to work later in the morning when he wakes up. I really miss him! It's been a little hectic trying to get everyone to where they need to be, to have Family Home Evening, make everybody do their chores, etc.

But it's not all bad. I did take a 4 hour nap today without any interruptions or guilt. I woke up to a major crazy mess, but since dad wasn't coming home, there was no urgency to have it cleaned up or dinner on the table at a certain time. That is kind of nice, to not have a schedule to stick to. We eat out a lot, too, when he's gone. It's nice to be able to let the laundry or dishes pile up so that I can finish a project, knowing that I can get it all put away the day he comes home.

I miss him terribly, and since I don't sleep well when he's gone, I guess I needed that nap today.