Ready??? Scream!!!

The last several months my husband has been keeping the home fires burning while I've been learning to SCUBA dive, and going on dive weekends.  That changed 2 weeks ago when I volunteered to stay home to tend to the dogs while he went off diving with Jessica and our friends.  They are gone this weekend, too.  


I have learned a lot the past two weekends of being home alone and tending to our dogs.  One is that I love my alone/quiet time.  Now, don't get me wrong.  I ADORE time with friends/family and doing things I love, but there is just a quality in alone time that is missing from our crazy lives.


The solitude was haunting at first because what ever I did was entirely up to me, but it became a friend after a bit.  It has been nice to have time to write, not worry about taking care of others, dealing with all of those things that have been on the back burner. . .  I'm sure you know.


The one thing I've learned over the last 2 weekends of solitude is that I have a lot of interests that don't involve friends or family that get lost in the day to day world.  If I had a choice though, I'd choose friends and family - I LOVE the people in my life and would do anything for them.  But when they aren't a choice, it is so nice to know I have a full buffet of  things that interest me, that inspire me, that matter only to me.  What a nice reminder for me.   


Yeah, life is sweet.  It has its own balances and checks.  We just need to learn to ride the roller coaster of life.   Ready?   Here we go. . .   Okay, hands in the air. . . . SCREAM!!!