9 Sleeps….
When my husband had to go away on business last week, I thought, “How difficult could it be. It’s only 9 sleeps.”
Being as independent as i am we would be just fine since I do almost everything anyway. Well, supposedly not! ‘9 Sleeps’ has been very hard work. I quite conveniently forgot that:
- He cooks almost every day ( so much so that I have now got to ask for a turn to show-off my own cooking skills);
- He shares with the dropping and fetching from school;
- He sorts the kids out in the morning i.e. he is our drill sergeant so we can get to school on time. No dawdling allowed or coffee and tea in bed 
- He makes us our tea and coffee EVERY morning;
- He takes the dog out and feeds him every morning:
- He is the ‘fun master’ in our house! He can get a smile out of anyone even at the most inappropriate moments;
- And he does the daily/weekly shopping to make sure that we have stuff for lunch and dinner!
Whew!!! And probably a whole lot more. It’s no wonder I am so tired this week. It’s been a long ‘9 sleeps’.
After 14 years of marriage, 2 kids, 1 dog, a goldfish and many hamsters it’s pretty easy to start taking each other for granted. We often forget how well we work together and moments apart like this make us realise that we have become such a ‘well-oiled machine’ that a momentary break in the system can affect the entire output. We are a great team together and we can’t wait for our Captain to come back!
I love my independence…but it means nothing without the support of my husband. It’s the best of both worlds!

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