Double Shift

My hubby’s usually off from work at 11:30 p.m. He decided to do a double shift tonight. He’ll be home tomorrow morning at 7:30 a.m.

The kids and I miss him terribly. We decided to camp out in our living room just to make the evening a bit bearable.

Chris and I have been on gmail for a good 2 and 1/2 hours. Absence really does make the heart go fonder. I wanted to preserve this part of our conversation

ME: kids are still up asking for a snack. i refused. they’re so off (their 8 p.m. bedtime schedule). am i being cruel? the reason their hungry is because they’ve been in their room for 2 hours just talking.

HUBBY: well it’s ok for them to be off because they really don’t have anything better to do aside from swim plus they’ll keep u company for a few hours

ME: so you think i should feed them?

HUBBY: have a snack with them feed them veggies and watch them run to their room especially mik

ME: done. i decided to sleep in the living room w/ the kids. i don’t like being alone.

HUBBY: i bet they love that

ME: oh yeah. i told them “daddy said it’s okay to let you have a snack” they jumped. they told me to e-mail you “thank you daddy”

HUBBY: hahahah tell them i said welcome good nite and i love u

ME: jc says “we love you too” mika’s practically sleeping already. that was just 5 minutes

HUBBY: see i told u lol

ME: i know. you know them so well. i’m very impressed.

Through this brief e-mail conversation I came to the realization that Chris and I truly balance one another, we work well as a team, he knows the children just as well as I do, even in e-mail we are a loving family and lastly Mika knocks out within 5 minutes so long as she’s really sleepy.

Even in small moments I feel very blessed.