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Yesterday, my husband made a split-second decision to go to the West
Coast for an emergency business meeting. I helped him get clothes ready, he
made a run to the store for shaving cream (although why he couldn’t take my
travel size can is silly—so what if it smells like baby powder?!). Hours later,
he was gone.
Don’t get me wrong…I love my
husband. We both work from home, and while that might make many women shudder
at the mere thought of spending 24/7 with their significant other, we do very
well, having found plenty of outlets to get the hell away from each other when
necessary.
But this is different. And as soon
as he announced his travel plans, I began making my list of what I’d do while
he was gone. I’m a night owl. I will use this time to my advantage, like maybe, but not limited to:
Read in bed. With the
light on all night if I want. The compulsion to smother complaining husbands
momentarily eliminated.
Eat in bed. Something
with crumbs. They’re my crumbs, I don’t mind them.
Watch TV with
the volume turned up so I can hear it and I don’t need to rely on
closed captioning to know what’s going on. God forbid I should wake up HRH.
Go to a movie. Or two. I
love going to movies and will see anything except horror. I will make good use
of this movie time. Watch me.
No cooking. Unless it’s
something I want. I like to call this Fend
For Yourself Night. You want it? You make it.
Write
something. Or not. It’s my call.
What are your favorite things to do while the
Cat’s away? Give me more ideas!
7 comments:
Get up in the middle of the night and have a tall glass of chocolate milk. :) Or pull an all-nighter with a good book.
Well, as my child is still too young to fend for herself yet, I haven't thought of things I might do if I had no responsibilities. Okay, that's not true. When I attend a con, I am up late, up early, visiting with lots of people, and never concerned that someone might be upset because I am chatting and chatting and chatting.
Because I have two kids at home, I go to bed at 10pm when he is gone. Mostly for everyone's sanity because I won't get to sleep late (ie, to 7am) when he isn't here.
Mary, you do know how to live life on the edge, LOL! Do you put a splash of something in that chocolate milk? And I know all about pulling all-nighters with a book - since I did it with one of yours!
If your child can make a PBJ or pour a bowl of cereal, she's ready to Fend For Herself. I keep frozen pizzas on hand for times like this. When I was a kid, my mom kept pot pies in the freezer for me - I thought it was great, LOL!
Beth - we need a movie night and keep you out past 10 pm. Call me :-)
Around here, the kids wold have to be gone, too, before I had that kind of freedom, but I think you've pretty much covered the list for me. I might do something crazy like be an complete barbarian and buy pink wine. There's a chance the top of his head would fly off if he had to be in the house at the same time as something that trashy.
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