It's the first real boating trip of the season, and we are blessed enough to head out with out any of the kids on board! How on earth does that happen you ask? Brainiac, Stud, and Sassy are back east visiting their dad. Lover Boy, Handsome, and Sweetie haven't arrived for the summer yet - they're still in school until June 8th. And we have some amazing friends who volunteered to take Little Man for the weekend. So it's true, NO kids. Eeeeek!
I almost didn't make it on this trip. Since getting back from the whirlwind Mall of America weekend, some sort of bug has made its way into my body and doesn't seem to want to leave. Little Man has been running me ragged with no siblings to play with, and I simply couldn't seem to rest enough to let my body recoup.
Enter Amazing Friends. Friday morning started out with what should have been a simple enough phone call asking how I was holding up. It only took about 30 seconds for the tears to start falling. I was exhausted, Little Man seemed to not want anything that I had to offer, the house was a disaster, and The Captain was at work with plans for the three of us to leave for the boat that night. P.S. - No packing or grocery shopping had been done at this point.
Amazing Friend instantly says she'll be over in a bit to pick up Little Man. Talks to me enough to make me realize that I need rest (Me? Wanna-be Super Mom? Rest? What's that?), and that the boating trip with the three of us just isn't in the cards for this weekend. She leaves with Little Man and enough supplies to get both of them through the day, and I call The Captain to give him the news. He had planned to meet friends out on the water, so I encouraged him to go and have fun and Little Man and I would stay here.
The Captain stepped up to the plate in more ways than one. He said the decision was mine to go or not go, but he would go pick up Little Man and take him with him because he didn't want to miss out on that time. He also promised that if I did go, it could be a completely relaxing trip for me. No work, no cleaning, no cooking. Just reading on the couch if I wanted to and enjoying the sights. Same thing I would be doing at home, only with better views and no housework sitting in the background tempting me to do it. Hmmmm... tempting.
Amazing Friend came by to pick up some more gear for Little Man and told her The Captain would be by later to pick him up and shared my debate over the promise of a relaxing boat weekend. I also shared that I was really leaning towards going. This is when Amazing Friend turned really Amazing and offered to take Little Man for the entire weekend. My jaw about dropped. Maybe it actually did. Without Little Man on board I could actually wrap my head around relaxing and healing on the boat this weekend.
I packed up some more gear for Little Man, gave him kisses and cuddles, thanked Amazing Friend profusely, and plopped my bootay on the couch for a quick nap before packing my things for the weekend.
So here we are, headed to the grocery store and then down to the boat. For three kidless days. I have a book loaded on my Kindle, some cards to play with The Captain, a cuddly pillow and warm blanket, and of course, my camera. It flabbergasts me how little I actually had to pack for this trip. What a difference it makes when the whole crew isn't coming. I might not begrudge boating trips so much if I didn't have to pack for an army each time! Haha.
Will Amazing Friend survive the weekend with rowdy Little Man? Will The Captain hold up to all his promises? Will I actually be able to relax and enjoy this trip?
We're about to find out!
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