You are not going to believe this.  I have been a single mom for TWO WHOLE WEEKS and I did not even complain once.  Yup, that is right, Andy left for China the day before Easter and you were none-the-wiser, unless you work with me and then you probably have heard me go on a little bit about it.

The real reason I didn’t tell you is because I wasn’t sure if one of the 42 of you might be a burglar and want to take this opportunity to break in while the macho man of the house was gone.  For future reference, you should know that I may actually be a little bit tougher than Andy is, although I might take that back now that we have a baby in the house because I am pretty sure he would go ballistic if anyone ever threatened her.  My point is that even if I am here without Andy, if you are a burglar, you might choose a different house.

So ya, I was absolutely and completely dreading being the only parent in the house for TWO WHOLE WEEKS but it went surprisingly well…for me that is.  I thought there was no way I could do all of the chores and baby-stuff all by myself and it turned out to not be such a big deal.  You just kind of do it.  I still have complete and utter respect for single parents and hope to never be one myself, but I now have the confidence to know I can do it on my own, if needed.

But it is SO much more fun with Andy.  I got through the last two weeks and had a blast on the weekends, but the weekdays have been a bit of a grind.  I miss having a partner.

I feel really REALLY bad for Andy though.  While he was in Shanghai training co-workers on a new firmware code base, he missed Belén’s first steps, first words, first sign, first Easter and I bet she grew an inch.  By Monday of this past week, I could tell how ready he was to come home.

Each day he asked me to send lots of pictures and tell him how Belén was doing, but after awhile it felt like I was rubbing salt in the wounds.  This past Tuesday night over Office Communicator, I told him that Belén had just said, “meow.”  (Yes, she is really into animals, all because of Peek-a-boo Barn.)   Andy’s response was, “I am going to walk in the door on Friday and she is going to say, ‘Dad, where the hell have you been?”

It turns out her real response was to eat his nose.  That will teach him to go away for that long again.

Welcome Home Honito!  You were sorely missed!

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