Thoughts on being a single mom....It STINKS!!!

Now don't go spreading any rumors that my DH and I have split....He did, I didn't. Just kidding. He left Monday for a week long conference in the New England area. The kiddos and I normally pack up and join him but I was not feeling a 13 hour (plus?) road trip to an area that didn't appear to have much to entertain two little balls of pure energy. So hence, this week I became a single mom (temporarily, THANK GOD!!!) and let me just say it stinks!
First of all, imagine this....Me, a not so petite flower, my 6 year old (tall for her age) daughter and my three year son all in a queen bed....my daughter was on my husbands side, my boy in the middle (so that he doesn't fall off) and me in my spot. My daughter, decides that she has to scooch over so that she won't be too close to the edge because something may reach out and grab her, which causes her brother to move closer to me which makes me have my ample heinie hanging of the bed. They both begin complaining that its too dark in my room so we turn the touch lamp on in my headboard on its lowest setting with the understanding that momma can't sleep with lights on so it will be going off when they fall asleep....a fall which apparently comes to a screeching halt when the light gets turned off. I finally get the light off when my almost 40 year old bladder starts calling (oh, and for those of you who don't already know this, bladders apparently only have a 40 year shelf life and don't bother checking that lifetime warranty you thought you had it does NOT cover a replacement). So I make a potty run and when I return, my little 12 inch niche that I had carved on MY bed....ITS GONE!! So I grab my pillow and find a way to wrap my almost 6 foot frame across the foot of the bed....which worked ok until my son wakes up and decides to join me....which only lasts a short time because even he realizes that the spot he left was MUCH better. My daughter somehow found a way to sleep spreadeagled and moved further down on the bed so I kept having to fight with her legs in my sleep....It has been a lovely three nights.....And for those of you wondering why I did not make them go back to their bed? Well, I'm a wuss! I don't sleep well without my hubby beside me and I keep thinking about hearing noises and worrying how I can get my kids and get out, so with them in the bed with and the door locked and my cell phone next to the bed and a huge walking stick by the bed and ....... well you get the idea....I feel a little safer. I tell myself that I would not sleep very well anyway so I might as well let them stay. So anyway, to say the least I am a little tired this week.

We have also been busy with Adventure Days at our church. What in the world is this? It is 3 days of craziness and mess with 80 plus 4-8 year olds. Tuesday was Wacky Water day. They had water balloon fights, played other silly water games and ate watermelon for a snack. I volunteered to help out so I did a water craft with them. FUN!! Weds. was Wacky Races day. They played a version of the Amazing Race. They were in 8 teams that ran through about 15 different areas and performed tasks/games to win a clue. I manned the Whipped Cream pie event. I filled little pie tins with whipped cream so that they could eat it out to find the tin with something written in it. Let me just say, it was a breezy day and pie pans with whipped cream don't have much weight.....you figure it out. Today is going to be Chocolate Wars....we are skipping to day...we made, I mean had other plans. But for those of you wondering what they were going to do? They were having a chocolate tug of war and doing human ice cream sundaes.....I just couldn't do it.....

So today we are off to the local amusement park with the cousins. So I need to go get a shower and wake the bed hogs.....Have a great day!!!