A night on my own

I am thankful that tomorrow night will be only the first time since having kids that I will truly be on my own without Tom. Tom got called in to a last minute business trip (one night only!) and thus his first night away. Technically his little bachelor party thing in Reno was his first night away but I was lucky enough to have had his parents in town by chance. With one day's notice, no such luck this time but ironically, even with two kids this time, I am not as intimidated as possibly I should be?

I think the tough part will be tomorrow after dinner when Eli typically gets fussy and Tom typically Baby Bjorns him half the time. He does this while also entertaining Tobey with hide and seek or other such fun. So I've called in the troops and asked Hoa if we could have an after dinner evening playdate to help pass the time. Bedtime will also be a juggle as typically Tom and I put the kids down at the same time but I'll have to do Tobey first, then Eli, who might be going ballistic by then.

Thursday morning is an ALCF moms group planning meeting with childcare and Tom should be back by his usual time on Thursday. I'm actually most "scared" of going to sleep by myself, locking up and not having anyone to find security in at night. Hopefully Eli will continue sleeping through the night as he has been and I will wake up Thursday morning barely feeling that Wednesday night has passed.