I do miss Rob and I kids, I promise. For instance, last night I had a dream that Elijah was a toddler again and he'd been with another caregiver for so long that he was sobbing when he realized he had to come home and stay with me again! Wow. Hurt my little mom heart.
I'm not an overly sentimental person, which I'm sure is shocking information. But I am at the same time fiercely loyal to my family. They are mine and I am theirs and I wouldn't want it any other way.
I skyped with the kids some time on Sunday, and when Tank realized that Rob wouldn't be on the call because he was up in Toledo, he got really angry and sad. It was ADORABLE to see. I made sure that the next time we skyped I showed up with Rob.
(Also, I told my 4-year-old niece that I wanted Rob to catch the rabbit in our backyard - and her face lit up - so that we could cook it and eat it - and she looked like she was going to cry. Totally awesome.)
Day 12
I would say that I marginally missed Rob while he was at his parents' house. I probably would have missed him more had some stressful thing happened while he was gone. But it was just ... quiet here. And I liked it.
I went to school on Monday night. My first tokening experience. I know I haven't explained Practicum super well, but it's not a hard concept. It's where I start doing some interpreting without it affecting people's lives. So my bad interpretations won't hurt anyone. Token interpreting is where I sit in the back on the classroom with other interpreting students and interpret from English into ASL while a mentor (who is a professional interpreter) stares at us and takes notes of our strengths and weaknesses (mostly weaknesses at this point, let's be honest).
It seemed like it would be really stressful, but it wasn't. It was AWESOME! And I wish I could do it every day for 3 hours for the next year. Oh, wait. That's pretty much what I WILL be doing. This is what School Heaven is like.
Day 13
Travelled up to Toledo by myself, which was more tiring than I would have supposed. Then I gave a talk at my niece's baptism (why she chose me, I don't know. Why anyone chooses me for anything, I don't know), and that went well enough. I also was asked to sign a song, which is a MILLION times better than singing a solo.
Ate the first tomato from our garden (I brought it up to Toledo and shared it with Rob). Heaven.
We watched fireworks with Rob's family. Not crazy about fireworks, honestly. Not too crazy about the 4th of July in general. Actually, I guess I'm just not crazy about most holidays period.
Day 14
We came back home and crashed. We didn't unpack the car, because it was full of STUFF. Not the normal stuff, like a bag and a toothbrush, either. Bikes and a mini-trampoline and games and stuff. Rob's sister has moved to Utah and gave a ton of stuff away. We brought home what we thought would be useful or interesting or fun.
Which also means we took the van. It's the first trip outside the Cincinnati area that the van has been allowed to go on since ... since at least last year. Since we've owned it, we haven't driven it further than Dayton, which is an hour away. We're mean and restrictive parents.
Made a cucumber salad, using only the cucumbers from our garden and some from the neighbor's garden.
Day 15
I know I mention cooking a lot, now that the kids are gone. It's because cooking is fun without little people running around you, driving you crazy, and incessantly asking when dinner will be ready. I think I've cooked more in the 2 last weeks than I have in the last 4 months before then. And you think I'm joking. Totally not. I've tried a bunch of new recipes. I've actually been LOOKING FORWARD to making dinner. So strange.
Also, we have about a billion zucchini and yellow squash, despite giving a bunch away. So we've made all sorts of yummy things with them. ... This summer it's much more enjoyable to make stuff with them compared to last summer. We have more variety in our garden now, which helps a lot. We finally finished off the cabbage (which was a mistake from the start, but a total win! We'll plant it again next year, for sure) after a month or longer. We still have broccoli, kale, and brussels sprouts occasionally, with more zucchini and squash than anyone needs, and our tomatos, cucumbers, and bell peppers are just starting. Gardening ROCKS!
Day 16
The kids are starting to say that they miss us and are ready to come home. At the same time, they're having a great time in CA, and we're working really hard here, so it's not horrible that they're gone.
Tonight Rob and I are going to Silent Dinner, and I'm going to make him stay and socialize until midnight. Ha!
(I intended to take a picture every day while the kids were gone. But it turns out that it's boring to take pictures of Rob and me. Sorry about that.)
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