We just got back from four days in San Diego. Without the kids. I can describe the trip in one word - relaxing. There are other words to describe it to - fun, beautiful, exciting, awesome, but the best one is relaxing. Four days without the kids. Nobody screaming or fighting or crying or telling me they don't want me to be their mom anymore. Nobody being disrespectful to me or disagreeing with everything I said. Best of all, I got a lot of quiet time. Ahhh!
My parents came and stayed with the kids. They did awesome, survived, and are even willing to come back so I call it a successful trip. We left early Thursday morning and got home on Sunday afternoon. It was a fabulous charity even for Susan G. Komen and they took really good care of us. Charlie got to play a couple rounds of golf, I went on some beautiful walks, the weather was fantastic and the food was amazing. A wonderful time had by all.
There were some celebrities there, actors and actresses and lots of athletes. We ran into coach Bob Knight in the elevator and spoke to him on the way to our room (his room was two down from ours). He was very nice and much taller than he looks on tv. I told him I was an I.U. Alumni and then moved to Texas so had followed his career for years. Unfortunately I didn't see him again over the weekend so I never got a picture with him and didn't get his autograph for my friend, Kim, who LOVES Bob Knight. Oh well, it was still really cool to meet him. I also got to sit next to Wendy Malick at dinner one night. She used to be on the show Just Shoot Me and is now on the TVLand show Hot In Cleveland. She is super nice and very fun and engaging. We really had a blast talking to her.
The best part of the trip, however, better than meeting celebrities and coaches and ex-athletes, and spending some time with my wonderful husband, was getting some much needed time to myself. Each day I had at least 2-3 hours by myself in the hotel room and I really enjoyed it. Charlie asked if I was getting bored or if I could stay a few more days and I was ready to stay another week. Of course we weren't invited to stay that long and Mom and Dad wouldn't have appreciated that, but it would have been great for me.
People kept asking if I missed the kids. No, not so much. It's not that I don't love them, because I do, but I just needed a break to regroup and spend some time doing something nice for me. You know how the saying goes, if Mommy isn't happy, nobody's happy. Hopefully now I'll have a little more patience, be a little more calm and be a lot more relaxed. At least enough until we can get away again.
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