Weekend Widow

"We interrupt this marriage to bring you......Hunting Season."

Archery Deer and Elk open today and Gilbert's already up there ready to get a trophy. I just have to laugh at how excited he gets. I tease him a lot about it, but it really makes me smile. I just have to remember, when he talks hunting it's the same as me talking fabric. He started packing monday. Of course, when we went to Disneyland for a week he didn't pack until the night before, but for hunting he had to start 5 days early. This year he even made a toilet (a 4$ toilet seat screwed to a 2x4 frame) and he was going to make a shower until we found a cool one at emergency essentials. Sounds like it'll be 'Home Sweet Home' to him up there. I always dread hunting season because that just means more time single-parenting for me. Proud to report that my first 24 hours have been pretty good. Mostly everyone went to bed on time last night (can you guess which little girl didn't?) and they've been playing nice this morning already. I have to rely on the little things to save my sanity or the time goes by too slowly. So last night Trevor came by for dinner and I was able to enjoy bits and pieces of adult conversation. And today, Alli is coming to stay for the weekend. I'm so excited to hang with my sis. I hope the kids don't bug her too much. On sunday Zach and Deanna will come for dinner. All these simple things to look forward too, but they make the weekend so much better, and the kids love it too. Today we're going to play all day because the kids were willing to do all their chores last night. We also rented Nim's Island and Eragon. We're just going to have lots of fun and hope that there's not a lot of fighting and arguing. Maybe this weekend won't be too bad afterall.