Flying solo....

is so much easier now that the kids are older. R is away at a conference for work to Minneapolis. Not the excitement of his last conference in Hollywood but he is away nonetheless. And in years past I used to Dread with a capital D these trips. I am the kind of gal who likes having her man around. Even if I am on the computer and he is watching a movie and we aren't even communicating I like that he is there. I just enjoy him. And when he is not here, I feel like something is missing. And in the past feeling like that and having the responsibilty for 3 young kids was always hard and draining for me. However now they aren't so young. Now they aren't so needy and now being left to fly solo is not that bad for a few days. When people tell you "This too shall pass" they really are right. Even if in the moment it doesn't feel like it ever will. It will. It always does.

So our solo time has been just fine actually. C was in a play last night. It was a comedy/murder mystery and actually for a 5th/6th grade play it was genuinely entertaining. She had a lot of fun and it was nice to see her work over the last few months come to fruition.

Today Cs softball game was rained out but then the day improved dramatically. It was sunny and warm. We went to a playground and then to see Prince Caspian. We liked it. The girls and I more than J. He loved the first one but this one was vvveerrryyyy long and he was quite restless. It is a darker tale too and quite a bit of violence. I did enjoy the story when I wasn't shushing J or telling him to stop wiggling around so much. I do love the symbolism in the Narnia stories. And the special effects are amazing.

Tomorrow C is off on an adventure with her Girl Scout troop and R will be home around 2pm. Celtics are on at 3:30pm. Celts, if you are out there, our free TV is riding on you winning this championship. It would be nice if you could win *some* games on the road. Can you work on that a bit?

And I finally decided on what to do with my casino winnings. Being a lover of Disney and a fan of "alone" time and did I mention a lover of Disney I am doing something I have wanted to do for quite some time. I'm taking off to Disney by myself. Yup, I booked a solo trip for a few days in August. I know, a lot of people would consider that a bit off the deep end. However there are many solo travellers to the World and I am finding all their trip reports over on the DIS boards. It is a way that I can see the things I always want to see that my family doesn't. I already have the Keys to the Kingdom tour booked. Plus it was free money, not from our family budget, I got free dining and a great fare on Southwest. So this Mama will be doing some Flying Solo of her own in 98 days!