If anyone thinks that things just easily fall back in to place when your husband returns after being gone a year has probably never done it. We've been living in our own normal for the last year, the kids and I. It looks somewhat the same as the normal when Daddy is home, but not exactly. I have already started to remind Gabby that things will be different when Daddy comes home. Not bad, but different.
A few weeks ago, a friend posted a list of 11 things she would miss when her husband came home. I'm starting to think about those things myself. Don't get either of us wrong - the gain is FAR greater than the loss. But as I do some things, I start thinking about not being able to do them when Robert comes home. For example, tonight I was behind on getting supper ready and when I contemplated frozen pizza, I felt guilty for giving it to my kids again. Then I thought that soon, I wouldn't get away with frozen pizza very often and we might as well all enjoy it while we can! So, yes, we had frozen pizza for supper. We'll also be giving up breakfast for supper. The kids and I like it. Robert, not so much. It's something we save for when he is gone.
I've pretty much taken over the bathroom and closet. When you don't have to share, you certainly don't act like it. Gotta get in there and clean off some counter space and a path to his clothes. Oh, yes, and return the clothes I have been wearing. Also have to start sleeping on my side of the bed instead of right across the middle. At least I can remove the three extra blankets to keep me from freezing in there.
I'm not complaining about giving these things up. Just already trying to prepare us all for the major life change about to come. Because it is, in the words of Gabby, "just so different."
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