As I said in a different post, Rob Sr. and I RARELY spend any time apart. Neither of us travels for work and we commute to and from work together, and we have dinner together every night. But for his work, Rob Sr. hosts a weeklong conference once a year at a hotel in downtown Boston. Last year, he planned to stay at the hotel most nights because there are networking receptions that last until about 8 or 9pm, and then the next morning he'd have to be there by 8am or earlier to set up for the day. Since we live in the 'burbs and only have one car, taking the train in and out of the city can be a pain-- late at night, if you miss one, you have to wait like an hour and a half for the next. He ended up coming home every night because RJ was super sick (vomiting in the crib and falling back asleep covered in his own vomit.... ackkk) and I was freaking out.

This year, RJ is a year older and (THANKFULLY) not as tantrum-y anymore, but I'm working now and getting him up and over to daycare in the mornings while also having to get ready myself would be roughsauce. So Rob Sr. stayed at the hotel last night and will come home super late tonight, but he will be coming home every day at almost normal time for the rest of the week (yay!). I don't work on Mondays and RJ still goes to daycare, so I decided to take on the morning and evening on my own today.

Morning went great-- the toughest part was getting out of bed, walking the dogs, and making RJ's eggs before getting him out of his crib. I felt like I was racing against the clock and I am NOT a morning person-- ESPECIALLY not a first-thing-in-the-morning person!! This is why Rob Sr. takes the mornings-- I can work nonstop all day, but I need to take my time waking up in the mornings. He can do the burst of energy thing in the morning but then crashes and burns later But RJ was super sweet and agreeable with me and the morning went great. Now he's at school and I just ate a leisurely breakfast and have a whole day of free time ahead of me before tackling pickup, dinner and bedtime on my own for the first time since I became a working mom!

It's been GREAT so far but I don't know how single parents do it (or parents whose spouses travel)... I would never be able to do this alone, and I'm seriously thinking we'll need to hire a nanny when we end up having a second! And this coming from an 18 month long SAHM! I definitely believe each kid requires about 1.25 adults to care for them.

That's the end of my novel... just felt like I had to share.