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That Empty Nest Thing Has Its Positives

So Ross has been working like the proverbial dog for the last several weeks, going in on weekends, at his desk before 7:00AM everyday, working 13 hour days. Today he has a physical scheduled for 4:00, so he decided to take the whole day off. We were to have a date day: go out to lunch, do some stuff around the house, spend some "quality time" ;), go to Target (yes, I know it's pretty sad when a date includes Target, but I was THRILLED at the thought of us getting to walk around Target by ourselves!). We have never, ever gotten a day together while the kids were in school. I've been looking forward to it eagerly for a week, ever since he decided he could swing taking the day off.

You see where this is going, right? Tessa woke up this morning, immediately asked for a throat lozenge, couldn't eat breakfast. She said her stomach hurt, and she felt terrible. No fever, but she is just not one to fake being sick, so I let her stay home. Sigh, so much for the date day. We did leave her watching Scooby Doo in the living room as we went in the bedroom and watched a couple of back episodes of Californication that have been piling up on the DVR. It's hard to watch all of our shows when Matthew doesn't fall asleep till 10:30 or so every night.

Now Ross is at Target by himself, and he'll pick up some lunch for us on the way home. I'm in the living room with Tessa, as she watches Tom and Jerry from the couch.

I am so bummed.