10 Ways You can tell I'm Flying Solo...

10. The bed is easier to make--one half needs a simple tuck in and the other half remains tucked, tight and smooth.
9. Cereal is the best thing for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
8. Drying jeans, nylons, exercise shirts/pants over the shower rod will remain there until actually dry instead of a pile on the floor.
7. Family home evening was unfortunately forgotten (but don't worry, Dan-o, prayer and family song is going strong).
6. Cereal is not quite the best thing...maybe I need to change brands to spice up MY taste buds.
5. Shower? What shower? Little time for personal hygiene while glue gunning, painting, prepping for baby shower and sewing.
4. Lights are left on in the house at night.
3. Project hang-over is catching up to me. Perhaps a shower will revitalize my creative juices.
2. Turned the bedroom light on at 5:45 AM and the radio with no hesitation.
1. Watched The Bachelor, Final Rose episode. (Never seen the show and then suddenly transfixed to a ridiculously lame and demeaning activity.)

Hurry home, Dan! Your children will be malnourished and the electrical bill will be higher due to wife not yet coming to terms with the Boogie Man. And call first, please before you get home. Your wife will quickly hop in the shower and tidy-up.

Ohhhh the Joys of a Mom....

While reading a favorite Junie B. Jones book:
Daradie: Why did that girl have to take the attendance down to the office?
Me: When I was in school (can you see the path we'll soon be taking?) we had to take the attendance down to the office. The classrooms didn't have computers.
Daradie: Really? What about "math boards" (which are projectors of some sort that computerize assignments onto the white board) and did you...
Me: Really. Daradie, we didn't even have phones, white boards and teacher's didn't wear microphones or have big computer labs when I was your age.
Daradie: So, was this back in Joseph Smith's time?

(and to continue on the next night while reading....maybe I should just pick some different books or something now that I'm reflecting on this whole ordeal....)

Daradie: What's a peddler?
Me: Long ago a person carried a bunch of stuff in a cart and asked if you would like to buy something out of the cart. They didn't have malls back then like we do to go buy things.
Daradie: with that look and questioning eyes, Did you buy something from a peddler?
Me: No.
Daradie: Did Joseph Smith?
Me: No. Even before that.
Daradie: I bet Johnny Appleseed did. Did you know Johnny Appleseed?

I am apparently that old.