I'm alone.

Yep, that's right. I am alone in my own house for the first time since Hope came home. It's not that I haven't left her before...to run an errand or go to something at school for one of the big kids...but this is the first time that I have not had her with me and I am at home.

I remember this feeling with the other kids too...the house is so quiet and I am not sure what to do next. But it is nice, I have to admit.

So where is everyone, you ask? Well, this is the craziest weekend of the year for us. Daddy took Will to his last soccer game (and breakfast at McD), and Hope and Nana went with them. Brooke is at a sleepover and I have to pick her up in an hour to take her to her dance rehearsal for her recital that is tonight. When they get back from soccer, Daddy will put Hope down for a nap and Nana and Will will stay home with her while Daddy goes to coach Brooke's last softball game, that she will not be at. We should all be back home around 2pm. Then Will and Daddy are going to a birthday party to play laser tag from 4:30-6:45, then they will meet us at the recital. Brooke, Nana and I need to be at the recital by 6:15p. And since Brooke recital starts at 7pm and she is preforming very near the end, Hope will not be able to make it, so Peggy (our wonderful neighbor) will come over at 6pm to babysit Hope for the evening. AND THAT IS JUST TODAY! Tomorrow we have church, a picnic that is 3 hours away, drop Dad at the airport (to be gone the whole week), and then a 3 hour drive home. (take deep breath here)

Although we are a busy family, this is not a normal weekend for us. If it were, I would go bananas. It is just this time of year, everything ends and summer starts and it all happens to hit us this weekend. Once we get through this things will slow down for us, a little.

So this leaves me alone, for now. I get to take a shower, with out being too rushed. I get to think, without being interrupted. And it is quiet...I love quiet. But eventually, I will start to miss them, just not quite yet. ;-)