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I've been alone with the kids for the last two weeks as D went on a fantastic vacation tour of Vietnam, Hong Kong and Taiwan. (OK, so he was working and working hard....but he didn't have to do dishes for a week. That's a partial vacation in my book.)

I did much better on this trip than on previous ones:

TV - kept it to under an hour each day for both me and the kids. (previous trips - up to 2 hours. one day even 3.)
Food - no fast food on this trip. Managed a fruit and a veggie with each meal. (previous trips - can you say drive through?)
Exercise - joined a gym, so I managed to exercise almost ever day. (previous trips - couch potato)
Work - didn't miss a day of work and even managed to do some work on my home days (previous trips - missed plenty and got nothing done on my home days.)
Health - no one got sick (last trip - pink eye and a stomach bug. in the same week.)
Appliances - nothing broke. (earlier trip - car died.)
Adult contact - invited friends over for 1 lunch, 1 dinner, and had 3 playdates. I didn't go crazy.
Snow - only had to shovel once. (last trip: two snowstorms and 8 inches of heavy wet snow.)

Some things still need work...

Showers - didn't manage to shower every day. The kids got into the play-dough during one of my showers. Big mess. Big disincentive for future showers.
Caffeine - I discovered coffee during this trip. Bad news.
Yelling - At about 8:43 each night, I'd start yelling. bedtime is 8-8:30 and the kids just weren't going to bed. So, I yelled. It didn't help. It just made bedtime louder. (and probably later.)
My 7:30 Monday Morning Staff Meeting - ha. ha. ha. ha. I didn't get to work before 9 most days.
Laundry - by the end of the week, no one was wearing matching clothes or matching socks.
Shopping - Target just calls to me. With no husband there to intercept the call, it's not so good.
Sleep - For some reason, I can't go to bed until 12 or 1 when I'm alone. Kids are up at 6. Yawn.

But D is home now - safe and sound (despite being awoken by an earthquake in Taiwan this morning!) so life is good and I can relax for a minute or two.
 

Posted: Sun - March 6, 2005 at 09:51 PM          

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