Mister Mom

Margie’s usually the one single-parenting, but this time she’s the one off on business, I’m the one at home.

No problems with Kitten, managing the parenting and home front.  And, of course,  Margie only left yesterday morning, and is back tonight.

No, the impact is less on Katherine, or on keeping the house from burning down, than on just my missing her something awful. 

I miss her when I’m off on business travel, but that’s a generally stressful barrel-forward kind of situation anyway, so it’s tolerable.  The setting is different, so Margie not being there is just part of that difference. But when she’s gone, and I’m at home — that absence is the only difference for me to dwell on.

And …

… I’m glad she’s coming home tonight.

Ain’t no sunshine when she’s gone
It’s not warm when she’s away
Ain’t no sunshine when she’s gone
She’s gone much too long
Any time she goes away …