weekend

mood: rested
listening to: fiona apple "i know" (great great song)
last read: surgery orders

had a blissfully relaxing weekend. i had to work fri, sat, and sunday. so there were no independence travels for me. i sent the boys, all three of them, off to the inlaws for the weekend. i cried when they left, a little sad to be solo, although it was of my own making. i missed them, but i do feel rejuvenated. i slept in two mornings in a row, watched too much horrible television, ate too many fat-free snacks, cleaned too little. i spent a lot of time with friends, old and new.

today is the first day in 3 weeks that i have not had any flank pain, a mild discomfort still, but not anyone trying to break out of my ribcage. i look forward to my own independence from gallstones. i chalk my reprieve up to the glutenous amounts of sleep i was able to harness.

the boys are coming home this afternoon, and i am promising myself to be okay with their loudness, their rudeness, and their messiness. i know im a good mom. i know they are good boys. and i know my husband loves me even if all the dishes aren't done. i think i need to get that in vinyl lettering and slap it up on a wall somewhere.

on that note, i will continue to listen to great music and straighten up a bit (and watch one last bit of horrible tv).