Flying solo...

I've been meaning and meaning to sit down and write, and it just seems the time slips away all too quickly these days.  Currently I made a coffee and sat down to write while the boys are napping, but they decided not to nap.  They are jumping on their beds and laughing and yelling, while I ignore them and try to get through my coffee since I clearly won't be taking a nap.

My husband is away right now.  For TWO LONG WEEKS!  He's all the way across the world in Cambodia, so we can't even keep touch very well.  And the time is creeping by so slowly...

I do have lots of help and couldn't do this otherwise, but it still is not the same as having your partner around.

Meanwhile the boys are keeping me busy and being full-on toddlers.  MJ is mostly walking all around everywhere.  RJ just started walking this past week and will catch on quick.  Sleep has been a bit horrendous since my husband left (and that is the hardest part!).  I think they just wanted dad the first few nights and were up all hours of the night.  Since then they're back to sleeping through the night, but they're in-between that 2-1 nap transition, which is a nightmare!  The whole one-nap-is-not-enough and two-naps-is-too-much!  When they do nap, it is usually in the morning but then they can't quite make it to bedtime (up from 10:30-6:30 is a lonnnng stretch).  I'll write a whole post on this down the road.  They are just super unpredictable and that makes it tough for me, as right now the nap time is my only "down" time.  The days are long and I am exhausted when they are over.  I had all these grand notions and plans of things to get done while hubby is away... organizing and cleaning.  But as soon as the boys are in bed, it's clean-up, prep for the morning, check my email and read for a few minutes before I am passed out and done for the day.  It is exhausting! 

But I am surviving and know I will make it.  Just 6 more sleeps to go...