As much as I enjoy time on my own and to have a bit of space. Every time my husband leaves on conference (aka paid for holiday/boozy trip) I feel slightly terrified for a few moments. It is quite evident who makes the biggest mess when he isn't there. So I am perfectly able to cope and deal with the kids/housework etc on my own so that really isn't a problem for me. It's always nice to have that extra set of hands but I can do it on my own. What momentarily terrifies me is being outnumbered. If I am on my own they outnumber me. It's 2 against 1! It is for that reason why I have decided against having a 3rd child, so unless we are suddenly going to be into polyamory there will be no 3 to 2 kid to adult ratio in our house. Luckily for me that terrifying moment passes quickly and my kids really are ANGELS when we are alone.
They listen, do their chores and just fall in line like good little soldiers. I don't know why this is but they are always exceptionally good when it's just the 3 of us. Christian has his moments where he will throw a wobbly but I don't entertain that so he quickly realizes that in order to get my attention he needs to calm the heck down. The only downside is that I won't be able to go to gym until hubby is back from his holiday err conference. But thankfully I can spend some time on the pole to keep my muscles in use!!
The dogs however did NOT get the same memo as the kids. They are impossible. This morning I was greeted with dog poop and pee in the kitchen, lounge and sun room. So I spent 30 minutes cleaning up doggie doo and pee while holding a scarf across the lower half of my face to try and block the smell and trying not to hurl (unsuccessful) it was not fun. I have no idea why the excess crap seriously I even let them out before I went to bed to prevent the poop in the house. I think they did it on purpose just to annoy me because they KNOW how much I despise it (the dog poop/pee is normally the husbands business so to speak). I am seriously considering letting them sleep outside. I CAN NOT deal with another start to the morning like this one, otherwise they might tragically go missing. *sigh* Even with a 2 : 2 adult to kid ratio I'm still outnumbered 3 : 1 about the dogs....
I've been living on my own now almost 5 months.... and the kids are fine... I just get lonely.
ReplyDeleteI would rather be outnumbered by a kid than by a dog :-p
ReplyDeleteGood luck for the next 3 days!
I feel the same when Donovan goes on a work trip (aka paid for holiday in some exotic country) and true as bob one of my kids will fall sick and I'll have to do the night wakings all by myself. Other than that they really are as good as gold. Enjoy your "alone" time Nicci!
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