The Worst Part Of The Week Off

I am at the inevitable end of the Banked Week off.  The worst part of the week off.  Knowing that you only have a couple of days remaining to spend with your family.  I have the time but some do not.  Although I get the week off I forget that Wife still works.  Today she was off until noon her normal routine for Fridays, she then works from 1:00 pm until 9:00 pm. 

The good thing this week was that Daughter has completed her second year of college and is taking some time off between her last class and when she starts to work full time through the summer.  Luckily I have gotten to spend a lot of time with her this time back.  Lunch date, shopping and some running around.

Son and I spent the very beginning of the week together.  There was a store that he needed to visit.  The store happened to be in another city (relatively close by) so a road trip was launched to said Mall.  Spent the day travelling around the sprawling metropolis, I surely do like doing that!!

It's nice to come back and get reacquainted with the family, because there is that three week period where their lives continue, without me being there.  It's like their lives get frozen in a moment, that moment stays like that until the next time I see them.  Their lives continue on, even with out me being there. 

So you look forward to that one week in four where you get to return and re-connect with your family and start all over again.  Discovery.  Familiarity.   Separation.  Re-Connection.


I am getting ready to leave.  I have about a day and a half left before I fly back to where I am working.  Then the three week countdown begins.