Home alone
I am home alone this weekend … all weekend, as of about 30 minutes ago. We hadn’t planned this, but it is what it is. Every year at this time, the family goes down to Bell Buckle to celebrate and remember Ward. Obviously, we’ve known a long time that we were going out of town this weekend.
But then life happened. Our outdoor cat (because he pees in the house), Moses, got into a fight this week and got his throat slashed. Yes, you read that right. It wasn’t pretty, but with modern veterinary care, it was hardly life threatening, either. But now he needs to stay inside and be looked after. He needs regular meds and he needs to have his wounds looked after. In short, he needs someone to stay with him.
That’s right; I’m home cat-sitting.
It’s weird. This is the most Katie and I have been apart since we were married just over a year ago. And this is certainly the longest I’ve been away from my daughter since she was born.
But I’m going to make the most of it. I’m going to clean the kitchen and try to deal with a gnat problem we’ve had lately (if I can get off the couch). I’m going to control the thermostat myself. And I’m going to have some wings and watch football.
I know. I’m living on the edge. Just call me Mr. Reckless.
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Funny- I was just having a conversation with my husband about a similar situation. A whole bunch of my relatives are flying in to my parents’ house (2.5 hours away) for the week before Thanksgiving (instead of their normal Christmas visit). I was discussing the possibility of my daughter and I spending Sunday-Wednesday with the visitors, and my husband meeting us up there after work on Wednesday (he will have just started a new job and can’t take vacation days yet). But then I realized that my husband and I have not actually spent a night away from each other since the night before our wedding almost 2 years ago, and he’s never spent the night away from our 6 month old daughter. We’re a little nervous about that, but I would also like to spend time with the relatives since I won’t see them this Christmas. So hearing how this weekend goes for you might be helpful to us…