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cilla4progress

(25,908 posts)
Fri Aug 25, 2023, 09:25 AM Aug 2023

Looking ahead to 10 blissful days home alone with only Colt, the new pup, and

the other 4-leggeds (well, to be accurate - the 6 hens only have 12 legs between them)... 😃

Husband is off for a backpack trip with our daughter, and I'm at home to mind the ranch.

Was a time when I might not have felt so unburdened at having a long stretch here alone ..but, due to life's vicissitudes, and having the constant presence of another person since retirement in what has been my domain for so long...the prospect of not having to coordinate meals, energy levels, house cleanliness, sleep schedules, will surely be re-energizing and just the palate cleanser I need!

It's been a helluva year but things are looking up.

Plus, this is my favorite time of year - my favorite seasonal transition. Smoke and heat have subsided, days are shortening, all is calm, all is bright!

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Looking ahead to 10 blissful days home alone with only Colt, the new pup, and (Original Post) cilla4progress Aug 2023 OP
Completely understand. blm Aug 2023 #1
I hear you sister! MontanaMama Aug 2023 #2
Lovely - me, as well! cilla4progress Aug 2023 #4
Enjoy! Even when I had two boys under five... Laffy Kat Aug 2023 #3
Seems like a uniquely feminine thing?* cilla4progress Aug 2023 #5
Yay for you!!!! The last time I had a vacation was about 6 yrs ago when both my husband and I were Karadeniz Aug 2023 #6
Oh crap, Karadeniz! cilla4progress Aug 2023 #7
I totally get that state of mind Bayard Aug 2023 #8
I hear you! cilla4progress Aug 2023 #9

MontanaMama

(24,023 posts)
2. I hear you sister!
Fri Aug 25, 2023, 09:32 AM
Aug 2023

I used to almost panic when my boys would head out for an extended trip. Now I look forward to them having fun and me having some quiet. Mine go to AK for a week after Labor Day. I will have to mind our shop here and there but will not be open for regular business hours. I plan to spend plenty of time puttering in the garden with dogs and chickens in tow.

I’ll be wishing you a wonderful week. Enjoy your solitude. 🐶 🐔

cilla4progress

(25,908 posts)
4. Lovely - me, as well!
Fri Aug 25, 2023, 10:39 AM
Aug 2023

Well, not chickens + pup quite yet!

No fatalities.. only trauma (he got a little too close to Henny Penny and she had to fake her own death..). He just wanted to play! 😃

Thanks, MM!

Laffy Kat

(16,523 posts)
3. Enjoy! Even when I had two boys under five...
Fri Aug 25, 2023, 10:32 AM
Aug 2023

I always liked it when my husband (now ex) left us for a vacay or business trip. We had fun and the house felt more relaxed. I wasn't rushing around trying to get dinner ready by the time he got home from work, etc. I'd get to put the boys in bed with me and we'd fall asleep watching cartoons.

Karadeniz

(23,423 posts)
6. Yay for you!!!! The last time I had a vacation was about 6 yrs ago when both my husband and I were
Fri Aug 25, 2023, 10:48 AM
Aug 2023

in the hospital for a week with pneumonia. It was HEAVEN !!!

Bayard

(24,145 posts)
8. I totally get that state of mind
Sat Aug 26, 2023, 11:09 AM
Aug 2023

We both retired a few years ago, so Mr. Bayard is home all the time. Previously he'd be gone weeks, even a month at a time for work. It was nice and quiet. He has to have the TV on all the time, sometimes going in 2 different rooms, or when he's outside.

He's a lark, I'm an owl. The good thing is, he's up early to feed animals.

I can't wait for fall! We've been getting heat indexes here of 110.

cilla4progress

(25,908 posts)
9. I hear you!
Sat Aug 26, 2023, 01:20 PM
Aug 2023

My post-COVID symptoms are still hitting me hard. Daily headaches and fatigue. It helps to have one less heartbeat depending on me to decide what's for dinner, what to watch, find the new jar of mayo I just bought...

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