Pathetic - I Miss My Kids!

Not sure that this is worthy of a post, but I really miss my kids. I left on Sunday for an eleven day trip with my husband. This is a yearly event. My in laws fly out from Boston, (Go Red Sox) and take great care of my four kids. I know how important this time with my husband can be. It is rare that we even get any time alone to speak. I tend to e-mail him quite often during the day, or send him tweets. Such is the life of a Web 2.0 family.

For eleven days I am kidless. No one to "mommy" me. The pathetic reality is that I do miss them. I believe that this happens at the start of all of my trips. I have been a stay at home Mom for almost thirteen years. I am not accustomed to travels without my crew in tow. ( My husband is quite well adjusted to travel sans children!) I need my alone time, and with all my kids now in school, and the help of a sitter I get it. But I am so far away. The time change makes calling home a challenge. (So does the fact that my Iphone does not work here, thank god for Skype!) I have been looking at watch and thinking about what my kids are doing- pathetic.

I never thought I would become one of those Moms. Well, looks like I have. Sometimes I shock myself. I am by no means a super Mommy. Sometimes I do not seem maternal at all. But here I am in London, looking at the clock, wondering if Noah remembered to bring his trumpet today. I suppose that after a few days, I will enjoy this freedom. I sometimes question myself, and think that I need to get a life, a part from my role as being a Mom...but no time to analyze what this all means now. Suffices to say, that I miss my kids.

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