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Single
Single Mother
Married, with Children
Married, "empty nesters"
When my ex-husband and I divorced, our custody agreement was that our children, Felicity now 12, and Gregory now 9 with autism, would spend a week with Mom and a week with Dad in rotation. Sometimes, the children get off the exact schedule, but then we work to get back on it.
Since that time, David and I married last August.
David is a civilian contractor in Afghanistan and only gets home on R&R every 75-90 days or so, for just a short period of time.
I don't work outside the home because when David is home on R&R, we like to have the freedom to do the things we want to do such as travel. PLUS Gregory is kind of a sickly guy, and I need to be available whenever he has to miss school. This past year has been tough with Felicity, too....strep has been awful, even AFTER having her tonsils removed last fall.
I love, love, love my children so much, BUT I do admit that I enjoy the time alone when they are with their Dad and I can sleep late, don't have to worry about fixing meals on a schedule, etc.
During the time that the children are home with me, and David is home on R&R, we travel occasionally, depending on the time of year and school, the rest of these times we are home as a family.
When David is home while the children are at their Dad's house, David and I are "free birds".
So you see, my life is not any type of the typical realm.
I am not complaining, but I do have such a difficult time figuring my daily life out sometimes.
I have been trying for weeks to figure out how to get back into blogging with this out-of-the-normal lifestyle. I'm going to give it a whirl, though. I may end up taking it more of a journal route, but hey, it's my blog, right? I'm just going to see how it plays out.
I've blogged off and on, but mostly on, since 2008. I miss it when I just drop it....and I miss reading everyone else's blogs.....just need to get myself disciplined again and get rolling.
I'm sure you can do it Amy, it's like you say, it's YOUR blog, so just go with it :)
ReplyDeleteI couldn't ever imagine not being on my blog, and I post every single day, unless I miss a day for a specific reason, but I don't know...I just love recording my life on a daily basis no matter what is going on :)
Can't wait to read more from you.