Deb Smouse

I got home last night, and was gone for seemingly ages, though, it wasn’t really.

It has been a good few weeks, and with visitors coming in for visits to DC (The Pilot Guy one weekend, kiddos the next) then it made the time pass more quickly.  When I become really stressed out, though, I only have to go and look at the Washington Memorial - or better yet, Lincoln, and am reminded it’s a beautiful place to be.

But home is different now.  So little of my life is here since the kids are so involved with their own lives, work is in other parts of the country, and I have decided that, basically, romantic relationships are just too much work right now.  I mean, I’m seeing the Pilot Guy still, but I don’t know if the on again, off again thing that is going on there is really much of a romance..it seems to mostly be about comfort.  But I digress.

I am home for four days, and today was nothing but run, run, run.   It’s really hard to try and squeeze everything in a short time.  Today, we did Doctor’s appointments (me for my shot and BP check, KID because she is sick), haircuts for kid, hair color for me, shopping for kid for her cruise (shoes and a dress), Ulta, pedicures, dog groomed, potential housekeeper interviewed, four loads of laundry, set up plans to meet The Pilot Guy in mid-September, and spent the bulk of my day on the phone with work calls.  I have some work I NEED to get done, but to be honest, I’m too tired to focus tonight, so it will have to be done in the morning when I get up.

It’s much too late and I need to get some sleep soon.  My mind is just going 90-to-Nothing tonight.  Sweet Dreams, dear friends….