Daddy's gone

So Daddy Piper left on his vacation this morning. YIKES! I am totally alone with both kids. Solely responsible for their well-being for 5 days. Why does this freak me out so much???

We dropped him off at 4 this morning - yep 4 AM! The kids aren't used to being up that early but they were in such giggly moods. Very happy for early morning and for being woke up. I cried when we dropped him off. He seemed to have some tears in his eyes as well. L wasn't too happy with the whole situation and S didn't seem to understand. He sure understood when got home though and didn't bring Daddy Piper back with us! He cried and cried for about 10 minutes. L had swim lessons at 9:00 so after we came home from dropping him at the airport we just lounged for awhile until time to leave for lessons. She got stung by a bee at the pool. Daddy Piper and I were just talking about bee stings. I have never been stung and he's been stung a million times. Well, we found out today that she isn't allergic but that bee stings hurt like heck! We came home early from lessons because she was so traumatized by the event. We had lunch plans to meet Auntie D at Olive Garden and celebrate Cousin S's birthday. Lunch went well. We have some wonderfully behaved children. How nice!! We came home and attempted to nap but noone except Mama thought that was a good idea. We met up with some friends for dinner. That was chaotic to say the least! Again - well behaved children of mine, how I adore you!!!! Baths and bedtime await us now.

I just got off the phone with Daddy Piper. Boy this being away from each other is hard. I started crying a bit earlier picturing my life without him. It would be horrible to be alone, raising these kids without him. I get mad and think of things but this vacation really made me realize that I don't want to be without him - warts and all!