So bored.... so lonely... My wife and son have been gone to Dallas since Sunday, and my girls are staying at a friend's for the week so that I can still work. I thought at first that this would be AWESOME! I had images from Home Alone movies going through my head, just overjoyed at all the fun I would have. I know that this wouldn't technically be a vacation, but I had high hopes....Until Monday night.. So I'm sitting at home... alone... in the dark... with nothing to do. I browsed through my cell phone contacts to find someone to do something with. That's when I found out that most of the contacts in my phone are either clients or friends with a wife and kids. When you're married, most people you hang with are also married and have children. They're fun to hang with as a family thing, but when its just you, quite frankly, you don't want to be bothered with other people's kids!
...So, I did what any self respecting temporary bachelor would do. I started cleaning house like a madman!! It was awesome! The first night, I tackled the living room, my bedroom and the kid's bathroom. What was really cool about it was when I woke up the next morning, everything was still clean! The next day, I jumped on the dishes, which haven't been washed since Saturday (dont ask). I cleaned the counter top and the oven too. Wednesday was yard work day. I cut the grass in front and back, and even picked up a little trash too. Today, I hope to get some mopping done and borrow my mothers weed eater to finish the yard. Doing all this in addition to working my regular job makes for a very tiring but fulfilling day.
So yeah, I've got a lot done.. But i really miss my family. I have no one to talk to most of the time except for God. Been talking to Him a lot this week. It helps. Really gotta work more on the hearing part, though. I know that He talks back, just sometimes my mind gets a little too clouded with distractions to hear. Kinda like going to a baseball game and getting stuck behind a pole or something. You see everyone around you getting excited about something going on, but all you can see is a pole... That was a really crappy seat...
Anyway, I have seen my girls for a little bit each day, since they are just a few blocks away, and I get to speak to my wife by phone about 30 minutes each night. Can't wait for them all to come home, though.
All things considered, even though family members can get on your last nerve sometimes and make you want to do things that would put you in jail, you never realize how much you really love them until they're gone... And they're just gone for 6 days! Be sure to tell your loved ones how much you really do love them before they're gone permanently. This 6 days have given me a new found appreciation for the little things that normally bug me.. I think I'll be a little more tolerant of those little things when they get back.. At least for a while.
Later, and God bless.
-myk
