We will survive..

We are almost at our first month of Donnie being gone.  I'm a little proud right now.  I haven't lost anybody, nobody has lost any limbs, the house is still in decent condition, no fires have been started, and this is a big one..I have gotten everyone everywhere they need to be with little help from others.  A few times, and I really mean a few, I had to drop kids off with friends of theirs bc I couldn't be at three different places all at the same approximate times.  For the most part, I have cleaned my own home, taken care of the lawn, taxied the kids around, tackled all the household errands on my own.  We have had a few minor mishaps like the kids locking me out of the house, the snake in the house, toilets overflowing here and there, and the cat being killed.  I can do this.  Some mother can't, but not me.  I have to laugh really when I  hear moms of one or two kids complaining about taking their one kid into the store, or having to take one child to the grocery store.  Really..its one kid! One kids is like a vacation in this house.  We have two months to go yet.  The kids have dealt with this very well.  The next few months will just get easier.  We have around 3 weeks of school left and two weeks of soccer season left.  After this, we can go spend a few days at Donnie's apartment, go swimming, see that zoo, etc.  The time then will fly by!  I'm really looking forward to this being done and overwith.  I miss my family meals.  Our dinners have consisited of pizza rolls, grilled cheese, corn dogs...crappy things like that. I think we will have learned from this experience that we are a strong family.  It really makes me have a huge respect for military families who do this all the time.