Seth is heading out of town tomorrow afternoon. He’s joining the rest of the TBS gang at the Ritz Carlton by Lake Oconee for a company retreat. They’ll be wined and dined and pampered with spa treatments and the like. I asked him to sneak me in his bag, but we both realized someone has to stay here and hold down the fort, take care of the baby and actually go to WORK! He’ll be returning Friday and I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t a little nervous about practicing my ’single mom’ skills for three days. I have every confidence that I’ll be able to handle things, but I also know that it’s going to be a lot harder than when there’s two of us here. Seth does so much to take care of us and keep us on track each day/night - I can’t imagine having my own normal morning and nightly responsibilities and then trying to tack onto those all the things that Seth normally does. I think I’ve got a plan though. Seth and I got everything in order tonight: bottles, dishes, laundry, baby supplies, etc. I’m going to shower at night after Raelyn’s asleep instead of trying to balance that in the morning. Oh, and Lucy (our Weimaraner) will be keeping Seth’s side of the bed warm overnight. And let us not forget that the TV will be running at all times for background noise. You never realize just how quiet a house can be until you’re the only one home.

So, I am honestly looking forward to having all that one-on-one mommy and Raelyn time. Plus, I know I’ll feel so proud of myself when it’s all over that I handled things. Sometimes being an adult just sort of sneaks up on you. When you’re a kid all you want is for your parents to go out of town and leave you home alone. Then, when you’re an adult the thought of spending the night alone in the house (well, how can you be alone with 2 cats, a dog and a baby, right?) reminds you just how much you love being married. I like having someone to come home to every evening. I like sharing our responsibilities. I like sitting down to dinner in front of the TV together and catching up on the latest episode of Dr. Phil. I like climbing into bed each night and watching Food Network and discussing our days or the latest happenings in the news or technology world. One good thing out of all of this is that I am reminded to never take Seth for granted.

Seth, I love you and hope you have a wonderful time and make some great new friends or at least strengthen the bonds with the ones you have at work already… and then I hope you don’t have to go out of town without me again for a long long time.