the sounds of silence...

I find myself without my two little boys today. In fact, I will be without them and my husband for the next week or so.  The boys are on a road trip with their grandparents to surprise their Aunt Natalie and Zach travels this week for week.  So what things can I find myself doing this week in their absence??

1.  Sleeping in.  Although this morning I woke up at 5:45 am.  Figures. But, I laid in bed and read a few chapters in a book I started about a month ago.  Because I could.

2. Watching the Today Show and having to shut it off to appease little boys wanting to watch the antics of Patrick and a sea sponge with square pants.  Is Meredith V. finally off the show and Ann Curry finally co-host?  And my Matt Lauer...it's been way too long...

3.  Drinking an entire HOT cup of coffee uninterrupted.  The norm would be taking a sip of said hot coffee and then grabbing a glass of milk for Tyler, ice water for Sam, taking another sip and then getting the boys cereal, feeding the dog, making sure the kids are getting dressed, finding Sam's toothbrush, taking another sip of coffee, discovering it to be lukewarm, microwaving it, forgetting about it in the microwave, heading to the gym, and then finding the coffee in the microwave as I am making lunch hours later...

4.  Leaving the house clean and coming home to it clean.  And it staying clean.  And leaving dishes in the sink and not really caring.

5.  Hitting IKEA on a whim.  This could start to get expensive.

6.  Spending time in the kitchen making some of my favorite treats for great friends who will help me eat and drink them.  More on that in a later post.  Because, really, I have time to post all about this.  Boy, you are really going to get sick of me this week.

7.  Talking a lot to the dog.  A whole lot...

8.  Wishing those sweaty little faces (that includes my husband) would just pop in for a minute to say hello and give a quick smooch and a squeeze.

But then they can be off again...