Husband Vacation

So my husband left for a "boy's trip" last week. He is flying into Buffalo, seeing some sports games, travelling to Pittsburg, seeing some sports games, and then travelling to another non-descript American city and seeing some sports games. As a result I have been left alone, to fend for myself, which if I'm honest, and if you cant be honest on the internet where can you be honest, I was very excited about.

I know that seems a little rude, and as a perfect wife I should be sad to see my lovely husband leave, however lately I have been feeling a need for independace. I started dating Josh when I was 17 and have been with him ever since. I am now a 26 year old woman, and after almost a decade of being with the same person, you begin to forget what being single feels like, what fending for yourself feels like, what doing your own thing feels like. So this weekend, I got to expereience a very small taste of singledom , and Ive got to say, there are pro's and con's.

Now, some of the pro's are obvious. One of the most exciting advantages of having no husband for the weekend is that I was able to clean my house from top to bottom without any interuptions!! I know, to those of you without husbands this seems like NBD. However, let me tell you, husbands are needy. Its as simple as that. Emotionally they need you to tell them how great they are, how much you love them, support them, appreciate them, respect them. Its a full time job. However, they are not only emotionally needy, they are, or mine is, relationally needy. He wants to hang out, to do things, to spend time with me, CONSTANTLY. And I'm not complaining. I feel so fortunate for marrying a man who WANTS to spend time with me. It truly is a blessing. However, when needing to get things done around the house, or when I need to be alone for my own sanity..things get a little salty.

Another advantage of being single for the weekend is that my house is actually STAYING clean! Its a miracle how clean the house stays when there isnt a clutter monster coming into my house every day leaving a trail of books, and papers, and bits, and coins, and socks, and food, and tupperware, and..etc. It feels so good to clean up once a weekend, and it stays that way! I can relax, I can sit in my living room and not think about all the clutter I should be cleaning up. Its a modern day miracle.

Aside from having a clean house, without my husband home I actually leave the house on time! I got up this morning at 7:00am and instead of working around him or waiting for him to finish his business in the morning, I just did my thang, and was ready in record time. I even had time to stop and get a coffee before coming into work today, and I wasn't even late. Good Day!

Obviously there are some disadvantages to not having a man around the house. The biggest one for me is the garbage. Its starting to stack up and I dont know what to do. Taking the garbage to the dumpster is such a blue job and I cant seem to make myself do it. Its gross.

On top of that the Dog Poo in the back yard is getting out of control and I dont do that job..ever.

I think the biggest disadvantage to Husband Vacation comes at night. This week, my dog decided that he is a guard dog. Last night at 12:30am, he got super paranoid, thought someone was breaking in, and ran downstairs barking hysterically. I woke up from a deep sleep, scared shitless, thinking someone was breaking into my house and not knowing what to do. Funnily enough, my first thought was, "shoot, Im not wearing any pants, I have go confront an intruder, with frilly panties and a t-shirt on." So I threw on a robe and went downstairs to investigate what all the commotion was about. I looked out the windows, checked the doors, and did my best to calm down my confused retard of a dog, before feeling safe enough to go back to bed. To my HORROR, 2 hours later, my Touch of Downs Dog decided to wake me up by barking at an invisible intruder for the second time that night. It was all too much. All I wanted was my husband beside me so that he could yell at my dog, see if there was a rapist at my door and I could go back to bed, knowing I was protected. But he wasnt beside me, he was on man's trip. I was all alone, and I wanted my husband back.

To conclude, I have found that I really do love the independace that comes with having no husband. I saw more of my friends, I did my own thing, I really enjoyed it. All that being said, I am excited for Josh to come back, mostly because I asked him to get me a present, but partially because I miss him. I think I will try and make this man's trip thing a yearly, or maybe even bi-yearly event.