Alone A Little

My parents took the kids out of town last night to visit my aunt and her family and for once in a long while, the house was absent of small children. It's amazing isn't it; how wrapped up your life becomes when you're charged with looking after new lives. I was grateful to my mom and auntie for requesting that they be brought along. I definitely needed a break. My body needed a break from being climbed on. My arms needed to recover from constantly having to carry little bodies. My voice needed to return to normal from the high pitched stern mommy-tone that had become common place. J and I basked in the glory of silence for a little while and then went to do our own activities. It was nice to be alone for once, I read a little, watched a lot of TV, and slept.

Thanks Mom.

PS Some of you have asked how the diet is going (since Thursday). The answer is, the diet is going well, I've been following the rules and limiting myself to 28 "points". I have no idea what the algorithm is to figure out how many calories equal a point which explains why when J and I went to the movies earlier today and saw Dan In Real Life (which was funny and sweet although a bit predictable and convenient); I had some mint Dibs which were 420 calories with 280 fat calories. 32 freaking points. >_<