Bachelor's Weekend

This weekend is a "bachelor's weekend" for me, since Michelle has gone away - I'll let her post about her trip when she returns. However, don't let that conjure up pictures of wild parties or any such thing - for me, it's a stern reminder of how miserable I would be without Michelle in my life. Don't get me wrong, there is something good about time for myself, time alone with the kids, etc., but having spent a month alone back in April/May, I came to the realisation that I just wasn't meant to be alone.

To boot, Dalton has been fighting a fever and cough for the past week, and I had to homeschool Maggie today. I feel like I did okay, but wow, what a challenge. Not only that, but yesterday, we sent Dalton to school, only to have him seriously relapse last night. I took him to the doctor today (free visit by the way, thank you NHS), and found out that he likely has an ear infection as well. For those of you who don't know, Dalton has had a fight with ear infections ever since he was a wee lad - we took him in to get his first tubes at about 1 1/2 years old. He has since had his adenoids removed, and that has definitely slowed things a bit, but he still struggles.

So, anyway, I'm here with the kids, and although I had hoped to do something "cool" with them, we'll likely spend the entire weekend at home, hoping that Dalton will recover, giving him lots of medicine, and otherwise trying to survive. I guess really what this makes me think of is how grateful I am for Michelle, and her patience and willingness to deal with the kids and their problems on a daily basis. There was a parent at the school on Thursday when we picked up Dalton who made a comment about how when the wives leave, the fathers always say they go into "survival" mode - which, for me, anyway, is definitely true. Michelle does so much for our family, and I think I'm probably pretty poor at realising exactly how much she does, and how little I express my appreciation. So, Boo, I love you, I miss you, I hope you're having fun, and I'm going to try to have some flowers on the table for you when you get home.