On the Road Again…
Friday, June 8th, 2012I’m writing this post from my hotel room in Chicago. It’s going to be a short trip, and I’m heading home on Saturday afternoon, but still – it’s time away from my boys.
It’s always hard to judge whether it’s better to start telling Andrew about these trips early (giving him lots of time to adjust to the idea) or to more spring them on him closer to when they occur (reducing the amount of tears and clingy moments).
So this time around, I started preparing him for me being gone a couple days ago. He seemed cool with it. Until this morning. “Mommy? You’re leaving me today. For a WEEK.”
The kid really knows how to break your heart and twist the knife at the same time…
I know he’s fine. He had fun playing with my sister today while hubby drove me to the airport. He’s probably still awake right now watching the end of the Yankee game, screaming at the TV because the “Tampa Bays” are winning in the 7th. And tomorrow he’ll have a great day at school, showing off two of his favorite stuffed animals (Rainbow and Magic, the unicorns) for show and tell.
It’s still hard though, hearing that he thinks I’m leaving him. Or that I’m abandoning him for a week when I’m only out of town for a whopping day and a half.
At least when I get back, there’s lots of good stuff in store. In addition to spending time with the little guy, there’s also game 5 of the Stanley Cup finals and Yankees-Mets at the Stadium. 🙂
have a great weekend everyone.
