sunday morning | lostinmyownhome's Blog

     Fell asleep on the couch last night, woke at 5 this morning with a sore back.  I hate when I do that.    The nights on weekends have been terribly lonely these last few months.  The days have been much better, thanks to my wonderful kids.   Yesterday, all my kids went to the movies with me.  First time I've been to a movie theater in years.  We had a great time, then we all went grocery shopping together.  Been having some good, thoughtful discussions with my daughters, about the economy, politics, life in general.  My son sometimes reads the news with me, plays computer games with me, helps me with home repairs.  They are all a joy to have around, and I am thankful to have them.  But the nights, after they are in bed...  then I realize that I am lonely.  I am on call for work starting tomorrow.  Hoping to be busy enough to be too tired to care.   You know you have problems when you are sitting here on your day off, wanting the work week to start.  But, anyway, today will be a good day.  Maybe my kids will watch football with me.  I'll make them something good to eat.  And maybe next weekend I won't feel so alone after the sun goes down.