A SAHM Vacation

[insidevoice]

My DH was able to spend some time away from work with us for about a week.  Since he works a long distance away, my SAH really means doing it ALL without any help most of the time.  DH arrived Wednesday, and by Thursday he had deep cleaned the kitchen and reorganized the cupboards.  He stayed up with the toddler who didn't want to sleep and sent me off to bed and I had an uninterrupted full night of sleep! Friday he took the kids and went grocery shopping. This morning, he got the kids up and dressed and kept them away from the bedroom- I slept in until 9am. This afternoon he put the littles down for a nap and took the oldest out for a special outing to see a movie with him, telling me that he'd bring dinner home. 

I am going to be very sad when he has to leave again! Being able to take a shower without assistance, and go to the bathroom without a toddler trying to hand me the toilet paper has felt surreal.  

[HollyBearsMom]

How nice for you!! That is awesome.  Give your hubby a big  from me!

[GoBecGo]

You're so lucky!

I feel if my DP could take a week off work right now he'd need to spend it sleeping and recovering from the burnout he's suffering... :(

Enjoy the rest of your week!

[insidevoice]

DH's time off was actually the result of an accident/injury at work.  While the circumstances were scary his injury is healing well and he'll be able to return to work soon.  In the meantime, it's SO nice to actually see him!

I feel guilty though when he does anything at all around here.  Appreciative, but guilty.  He works so hard all the time and I feel like he should be able to simply relax for a while.  He swears up and down that what he wants to do is this sort of thing, but the guilt is certainly omnipresent. 

[SubliminalDarkness]

Um, wow! That is awesome that he did all that. I'm sorry the circumstances surrounding why he has the time are unfortunate, but good that things seem to be progressing well! 

I can see where you're coming from feeling a little bad, but if this isn't how he usually spends his time, it's probably a lot less of "work" to him than it is to someone who has to do it day in and day out. And assuming you're not whining and complaining about how he doesn't help, I'll bet he's happy to do it!