Peace, Quiet - Tonight is

Peace, Quiet - Tonight is the last night of my "vacation". Tomorrow, I drive to Alexandria to meet Dad and get the kids.

They've been gone 11 solid days. And as much as I like being able to get away and do what I want, when I want to do it, I miss them horribly. The house seems so big and empty without their happy clamor. I even miss the fussing and fighting.

My only regret - no job offer to tell them about when they come back. Our buying a new puppy is predicated on my getting another gig. They've been very patient. Too patient.

Waiting on word from three gigs any day now. Enough is enough.

But enough of that, too. The kids will be home by dinnertime tomorrow, and that big quiet hole in the house will be full to overflowing.

And I will love it more than when they left.