I am thankful for ME :)

So, I have been left all alone for this thanksgiving and I am oh so grateful.  It's not that I don't like my family, in fact I am rather fond of them.  It's just that there is someone that I rarely get to spend time with that I love and I miss terribly.  That person is ME.  Since the Muk Muk was born I have spent a grand total of 20 minutes with ME in our home.  20 minutes in almost a year.  That is no where near enough time to form a stable relationship.  The last time Me and I got to spend any time together was when I traveled to Surrey to visit my Tanya back in May.  I read a whole, rather large, book on that trip and came home feeling refreshed and ready for the return to life.  But, unfortunately life runs me down sometimes and I need a break, and I am not one of those people to shy away and say "I don't deserve it".  I work hard.  I definitely deserve a good "break" now and again.  

Dust spent a LOT of weekends this summer "away" (gone from morning till night) playing baseball, so he felt I deserved a break.  Friday he packed up the Muk Muk and took her to visit Gramma & Grampa H for thanksgiving and was gracious enough to tell me that I wasn't invited (oh, and he even remembered to buy a turkey so that he could have leftovers when he got back).  So even though he sounds kind of like an ass here, he's definitely not.  He knows me better than I know myself, and he knows I need this time for me.  He even gave me something that I enjoy doing to do (that would be the turkey, cooking and me are also very good friends). 

So, now I've spent the last 24 hours catching up on sleep, playing with my puppies (who I think also miss ME), conversing with my Penguin, watching hockey, reading books, taking bubble baths, roasting turkey, and drinking coffee, the "good" kind.  As you can see, I am not taking this time lightly, I am doing some serious relaxing here.  There is no BS house-cleaning, or errands, or crap like that.  I am being ME, I am loving every second, and I am definitely trying not to waste any time "missing" anyone.

But, despite my best efforts, I do miss the baby snores through the monitor at night, and the big boy snores in the bed beside me.  I got up last night to pee and was confused that there was no diaper to change, or sleepy baby to cuddle.  This morning I could leave my brightly colored coffee cup on the coffee table with no worries that it would get thrown on the floor and broken (FYI I have an emotional attachment to each and every one of my coffee mugs).  I also didn't HAVE to watch Sesame Street first thing this morning (I did anyways, I like Cookie Monster).  After I had a shower, I put on a nice clean pair of PJ's and they have stayed nice and clean all day, there is no drool, food crumbs or snot stuck to them (not my drool, food crumbs, or snot...  Missy B's). 

Mimzy dog is good and keeps "checking" on the baby that isn't here.  She wanders into Muk Muk's room and looks in the crib every couple of hours, and then whines cause there's no one there.  Ninja is sucking up as much love as he can get as he has no competition, and Panda is really just the same.  Penguin on the other hand, is a total HAM!  He's been talking more than normal, and has learned some very bad words (*Thank-you very much Mr. Hyatt*).  He's been molting so he's super itchy, which means I get extra snuggles from him (mostly because I pick at his feathers for him, but extra snuggles are extra snuggles).  ME is doing well.  Same old ME.  ME still likes the same things and pretty much hasn't changed much since the last time we got to spend any time together.  So, if you'll excuse us there is a fresh, ice cold beer waiting, and we need to go and cheer for LA (if you don't know me, I'm not an LA fan, I'm just a Canuck hater).