Single parenting these days
Comments (0) I’ve been feeling sorry for myself these days. Haus, as the lead on an engineering project, hasn’t been home very much and the over fourteen hour days are getting old for both of us. He’s gone before the boys are up and home after they are already in bed. At least on Saturdays he’s been able to be home for dinner.
I got a little boot to my keester this morning when I drove my dad to the airport. He’s been gone for a year in Baghdad and finished his outprocessing at Fort Carson today (yah for random Grandpa-time!). He flies home this afternoon to my mom who has played the single parent gig for the last year. I’m whining over a few months, she’s been doing it for a year… on a farm… by herself.
After dropping him off at the airport and driving home with two “I’ve-been-in-this-carseat-for-over-two-hours” kids, I almost pulled my tiny violin out again and then I remembered one of my friends that just moved her household… by herself… with two kids… while her husband’s in Baghdad. I have countless other friends that are doing it all, the cooking, cleaning, caring, working, by themselves while their spouses are deployed.
Sooo, yeah, it’s no fun to do everything while Haus is working ridiculous hours, but he’s not being shot at, he comes home at night, and this is very temporary. This weekend he has to play single parent while I’m off shooting targets for my National Guard drill weekend. I don’t remember him ever complaining when I go off to play Army so I guess I can buck up for a few more weeks while he brings home the bacon.
Just wanted to say thanks today, to the ones left behind, the spouses and families that pull through while their loved one serves for us. Thank you for the support!
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