It’s been another long week with THE Daddy traveling for work. We can’t wait for him to come home tonight! I can’t believe we have another 5 weeks to go before he is done building the restaurant in Maine. This is getting old for all of us. On the bright side, his next big build will be one town over from where we live, so he’ll at least be able to sleep at home.

You would think that the older the kids get, the easier it would be for them to have him away Monday-Friday. But, in fact, they seem to take it harder. They are starting to grasp time and on Monday mornings when I tell them that Daddy will be home in 4 tomorrows, it seems like eternity to them (and me!). Unfortunately, they aren’t mature enough to place blame where it belongs and I take the brunt of their frustration. I felt so bad sending them off to school this morning, they both seemed so tired.

Enough ranting…this is supposed to be a happy post! SO, THE Daddy is coming home, we had showers last night, putting an end to evil Indian Summer. We are supposed to have a beautiful weekend…they’re saying it’ll be in the high 60’s and sunny, utopia. I got all of my work done this week while the kids were at school, so I don’t have to play catch up at all. It’s Homecoming this weekend at my high school, the one where I coach softball…so we might go watch the football game. Princess is having a sleep over at my mom’s on Saturday night and will be going to watch my little step-sister ride in a horse show at UNH. She’s very excited for that. I’m equally excited to not have to sleep with her feet in my face for a night! Lastly, the Patriots don’t play until Monday night, so we have all day Sunday to do absolutely nothing…I might even get to take a nap!

There was a time when I couldn’t distinguish between the week and the weekends. The kids were “at home” with me 24x7. I love that term…I don't know many "at home" moms who can ever be found actually at home! THE Daddy used to work more on weekends as well. He’s gotten better at saying “no” and carving out family time. This new routine we’ve settled into really makes me appreciate the switch between Friday am and pm. It’s nice. I find myself looking forward to Friday afternoons because all seems to fall back into balance with our world. It’s almost like I’m holding my breath while walking a tightrope all week and on Friday afternoon when the kids get out of school and THE Daddy comes home, I can finally breathe.

Hope you have a great weekend planned as well. Please share in comments.

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