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This morning I received an email from my friend, Steve.
Four posts during your respite?� You just can�t help yourself, can you?� I think that�s funny.�
I agree, I am a bit fond of blogging.�
That could be the primary motivation behind all the posts this week, but it isn’t.
There are changes brewing here.� Nothing dramatic or newsworthy, at least not to anyone other than myself.� I signed on with a new ad network starting in July, and it was only after I posted about my respite that Steve, he of the MBA and comments via emails, reminded me�that perhaps signing off wasn’t the best idea.� I realized he had a point and�emailed my contact who replied, diplomatically,�that my�timing was not�impeccible.� They needed to ascertain my stats and I needed to insert code and zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz it’s all very confusing to me, but the main points made sense so I told them that, while I understood their position and the fault was clearly mine, I could in no way post more than three, maybe four, times during the whole of my vacation.� I would be too busy, too relaxed, too unmotivated.� There�were no complaints on their end.� I packed my bags, all the while imagining all the fun in my future.
So that could also�be the primary motivation behind all the posts this week, but it isn’t.
The truth is, I really miss The Mister.
He really misses me.
And we’re both pretty miserable.
So he is at home, working on the weekends and doing home improvement projects around the house until it is time to go to bed.
I’m here, up late–as is my habit, but not my mother’s–puttering around my flickr folders, putting up posts that maybe I wouldn’t put up two weeks prior or hence, until it is time for me to go to bed.
The boys are having a wonderful time; my mom spoils them rotton.� The weather is perfect.� The scenery is magnificent.� But as perfect as everything is, it just isn’t the same without The Mister here to share it with me, and there isn’t much I wouldn’t give to be back in my little red brick ranch in the Inland Empire.
And that is the primary motivation behind all the posts this week.
Awww Jules. That’s so sweet. I would feel the same way. Vacation without my dh just wouldn’t be the same. Now, since it’s 2am…I’m going to bed. Oy Vey. I’m going to be one tired mama in the morning…then I’ll need a respite! ;)
I completely understand. My husband was gone for 4 days over Memorial Day weekend and it was miserable. I don’t think I could do 2 weeks. I don’t get those couples who take separate vacations (not you:). Doesn’t your current situation make you wonder about all of those families back in the day where the husband stayed in the city all summer to work and the mom and the kids went to the shore? Or all of those families on the east coast who basically live like that now – with the mom and kids in Connecticut and the dad in an apartment in NYC? At least your posts have the added benefit of making your new ad network happy:)
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I know exactly how you feel. Our whole family is going to visit our hometown later this week, and after a few days my husband has to return home to go back to work. Annalie and I are staying on at my parents for another week, which will be fun but I know by the time we head home I’m going to be very ready to get back to my husband. It’s what happens every time we visit my parents without him. :-) I hope you enjoy the rest of your visit with your parents and that the time goes quickly till your reunion with the Mister.
this is sweet. I hate being away from my husband too.
I’ve only done vacation once with out the hubs because you’re right, it just isn’t the same. Sorry you’re missing the Mister, but then again, I guess that’s a good thing :) shows you’re still in love after all these years…
I think that if something compels you to do anything AND it makes you happy, it’s a sign of destiny.
Thanks, everyone. :)
Nichole–that’s what I thought, but no. My stats are horrible–less than half of what they usually are–so I think most people took me to heart when I said I would be gone until the 3rd. I feel a little bad about that. I didn’t mean to cause trouble with the new network. :/
That is super sweet! I wouldn’t be able to go anywhere for an extended period of time with my Mother, she’s really somethin’, excellent for short visits but a vacation? Oy. The photo’s are great though, I am so happy that you are snappin’ away!
I would be lonely. (Which is why I asked you if you were lonely. ;)
Is that photo from this week? It looks circa 1970.
Practice your photography this week. The light there is blowing my mind!!
JJ–it’s from this week. I edited it through Picnik. Picasa couldn’t take out all the blue w/o it looking really orange. I think this is called 1960s, with maybe cross-process? You know me–nothing fancy. One click sort of stuff is all I can really do w/o screwing up the image too much.
Um yes, we took you to heart … :) I just happened to pop in, you know, just in case … when I discover *gasp!* I’ve missed HUNDREDS of posts. Okay, that may be a slight exaggeration … but a lot …
And I must say, loving the vacation photos. Now I can frolic vicariously…
Well, I’m sorry you didn’t get your full respite, and I’m sorry you are missing The Mister, but I’m happy to see a post from you. :)