Marriage Rarity

This sort of weekend is rare when you are a married man with 2 young kids. Yes, I am all alone at home this weekend! Molly and the girls are heading to Minneapolis, MN to visit one of Molly's friends. We have all been looking forward to this weekend since the initial planning took place.

For me it's a weekend of "what do I want to do?" Of course I will be watching the Iowa game on TV tomorrow (luckily Green Bay doesn't play until Sunday night so that should free up time on Sunday afternoon), and I have to watch the day care tonight. Aside from those two things it's up in the air. I will probably spend some time learning some web development and I'll do some de-cluttering around the house. I also have a few things to do to the car if the weather is nice enough. Other than that I have nothing planned, not even food.

This trip is huge for Molly as she has never been out of the state on her own. Every trip she's taken she has gone with someone else. This time it's just her an the girls. It goes without saying that she will also be driving in a different state and bigger city on her own (she got to drive through Nebraska during our family vacation last year). She has been fairly nervous about this trip from all of the doubt in her mind and coming from others. I have said that she will be fine. We have a GPS and access to Google Maps and cell phones so she shouldn't have problems. I have already heard that they are in Minnesota so the tough part is still to come.

I know Sunday will be here before I know it and I'll look around and wonder where the time went. I'm not quite as excited to have the house to myself as I am for Molly to have this opportunity to help build some self-confidence. After this weekend I may be giving up the driver's seat a little more often on trips.