Here are some of the odd things that happen when Aidan is gone:
I don't know how to measure two smoothies. In our house we have fruit smoothies for breakfast every weekday morning. Even after six days, I can't seem to get the quantity right on just two smoothies for me and Robert. I end up with two smoothies and a smoothie shot.
I call out of state license plates while I'm driving and have no one to punch in the arm.
I get jumpy when dinner is not ready by 7:00 and then realize it doesn't matter because no one in the house is going to bed at 8:00.
I love Stan more. Like the pope, I contend that animals are not substitutes for children, yet they are oddly comforting in the absence of children.
I go into work late. I can leave late too. In fact, I can even work after I get home from work. I don't have to get Aidan up, dressed, sunscreened, with a lunch packed by 7:45 am. Why not dawdle over my coffee and check Facebook in the morning since I have the whole rest of the day to work?
Things I miss most:
Reading to Aidan before bed.
Talking to Aidan on the way to work.
Having someone to eat dinner with since Robert works late most nights.
His twinkly eyes when he tells a joke.
The way he shuffles out of his room in the morning in his pajamas, hair askew, and says, "Good morning, Mom!"
There's probably a whole list of other stuff, but it boils down to the fact I am ready for Aidan to come home. This house is a well-oiled machine and when Aidan is gone, everything feels slightly rusty.
Bonner has been nice enough to send lots of pictures of Aidan while they are on vacation in Maine and New Hampshire and here are a few:
Hurry home, Aidan!!!!
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