This is the second day of Deb’s week long trip to Cleveland, Ohio for business. So far Erica and I are surviving well. We’ve eaten some fruits and vegitables in addition to meats and breads. We are clean and healthy. So far so good!
Deb was very nervous about travaling alone. But she got through it and hopefully is more conifdent about the trip back. We will be meeting her at the airport late Friday night.
So far Erica seems to be handling things well. This is the first time she has been away from one of us for five days. She’s been on sleepovers with her cousins and was without Deb and I for up to two nights previously. And Deb and I have been apart as much as two nights since the second year we have been together. But not since I went to Texas for a week in 2002 have we been apart for this long.
Maybe it’s not a big deal. But it seems like a long time!
We miss you “mommy”!
Erica came to me today and said she would like to start packing for her overnight on Saturday at one of her grandparents house. I asked her what she thought she would need for her overnight. She mentioned pajamas, a change of clothes, extra underwear and socks, a book and a doll.
I thought that was pretty good and suggested she also add a dress for church and shoes for play in case she gets to go outside.
She headed up to her room and was there for over an hour. Then she came down with a pink backpack on her back reporting that she was all packed.
“Great!”, I said, “Let’s take a look and see what you have.”
The following contents came out of the pack:
- 2 dolls
- 1 tamborine
- 1 set of maracas
- 1 tiara
- 2 necklaces
- 1 dress
No shoes, no PJs, no change of clothes, no underwear, no socks.
“Where are the things we talked about?”, I asked.
“Well, daddy, there wasn’t enough room for everything so…”
We spent a wet and rainy morning on Sunday at the WW&F Railway Museum. Despite the weather, we had a nice time. Erica loves train! We will probably be heading back in a few weeks as the foliage turns some more.
See more photos of our day at Flickr.
