One Woman Show...

Ever get that feeling that you were the star of a one woman show?

I've been feeling that alot at home lately.

Mike has been working L O N G hours... lots of hours... everyday for the past 3 weeks.

When he gets home he is exhausted. When he gets home I am on wind down & zone out mood.

The kids have barely seen him. And he has hardly had a chance to enjoy them.

All around we are missing out on each other and life.

Positive side... bills have gotten caught up once again.

Overall we are a little cranky. Overall we are alot tired. Overall we miss our time together.

- - And now I will go through this reading it and replace all the instances of "we" with "I"... because that is really what this is all about. --

So I am very much looking forward to my upcoming vacation.

2 weeks off, Mike has said he will take a few days as well, a family day trip or two is on the agenda, maybe some camping (although my saner side is beginning to question the logic of camping).

I will borrow a laptop and sit beside the kiddie pool in the shade and do some work on my summer project. 16 "traditional" leaders have been interviewed by me to date... and the ideas and words are starting to stream out of my pen into my journal. It will be a good time while I'm off to work on this.

I started also thinking of starting another book. One that has to do with parenting... conscious parenting. (mind you I still need to finish my first one, but I haven't been called to do any more on it since drafting my Single Moms article)

I need to put whats important in perspective for the next day or two... soon enough I'll be off with all the time in the world to worry about house work. I concentrate these next few last days before vacation to keeping cool and having fun with my girls.

Tomorrow is a new day... and there is always more.