You know, it’s almost kind of sad that it takes a family 2 weeks to adjust to being apart….LOL! I guess it’s proof that we’ve either done a good job of letting the kids know that we’re there for them or we’re simply a very boring family that spends way too much time together…LOL!

I’ll admit, I had a VERY difficult time being away from the kids that first week! I spent more than one night crying myself to sleep and was constantly worrying that they were OK and wondering what they were doing. It’s now the end of the 2nd week of them being gone and let me tell you, I am TOTALLY enjoying myself!!!! It’s not that I don’t miss them, it’s just that I’ve finally realized what a HUGE gift this is and I need to make the most of it! My husband even commented this morning about how much more at ease I have been lately and we’ve been able to enjoy our time together!

And speaking of our time together, we’ve made our final decision about what we’re going to do while the kids are gone. After checking into many different kinds of get aways and Las Vegas vacations, we’ve decided that we’re going to save the money that we would spend and just do a few small things close to home then maybe take the kids somewhere after they get home, before school starts back up.

It’s kind of a bummer, but we’re really enjoying our quiet evenings with a good cup of coffee! We even went out to the American Legion with one of his co-workers the other night, our first “date” in a VERY long time! But we just can’t justify spending the money we would for a 2 or 3 day trip when it could be put on the bills or something like that. Does this mean that we’re officially penny pinchers? LOL