Heidi is gone to Cali

Heidi in the airport waiting for her flight to California. Her very first airplane ride (that she can remember).

My youngest went with her dad to California riding on a jet airplane.  Chris has been away from me lots of time in the past.  Most recently he has taken a few trips over the past couple months down to California to help his aunt out with some projects.  His aunt wanted to pay for each of the girls to take a trip down there as well.  Individually so she could give them undivided attention and buy all of their favorite foods.  Seriously, you'd think Heidi was going for a month with all the food Aunt Sue has told us she has bought. Every child in the neighborhood could feed for a week with the amount of hotdogs and macaroni and cheese she has bought.  So Heidi is gone and it is weird. It felt strange last night and it wasn't until this morning that I figured out it was because she is gone.  As I thought about it I realized that I have left my children to go on trips, always in the care of a trusted adult and sure, I miss them but since I am having new adventures and I know they are in their normal routine at home I don't have much time to dwell on it.  But this is the first time that I have been home and Heidi has been away.  Wait, that's not true.  Heidi has spent a week with Chris' mom before as well as time with my sister.   Okay, so what is it?  Seriously folks, as I'm typing I'm trying to figure this out.  Maybe because she is an entire State away?  Maybe because she is gone and Chris?  Huh, not sure.

I went to bed at 9:00 last night. There wasn't anything to do. I mean, there were things to do but it's not like I wanted to scrub the bathroom at 9 o'clock at night.  So, I decided to go to bed and see if some extra sleep would relieve the tension in my back I've been suffering with for the past two days.  It didn't. Darn. But, i had a good workout at the gym which means the extra sleep was good for something.  Oh, and the fact that Emma slept with me last night and as I made her tickle my back she talked and talked and talked and talked. That is not like Emma so I ate up her words with relish.  I listened very intently and made all the right comments back.  I think i'll have Makenzie sleep with me tonight and see what she says!