I leave for Boulder, CO next Friday. Although I am very excited, I am also very nervous. My husband will be alone with both boys for 3 full days straight. Not that I don't trust him with my kids - however, C still doesn't sleep well and hubby has been losing patience with our older one B quite a bit now. So I feel a lot of mommy guilt for leaving them, and leaving him alone with them. Despite needing a break, I will miss them terribly.
However, my husband leaves me alone with the kids on a regular basis. Twice he was traveling for work, and once he was gone an entire weekend for a bachelor party. But of course, everyone asks him how HE will manage with me gone. I'm like - wait a moment here! It's ok for the dads to take off and travel, but not for the moms to travel? Actually, as I type this, my husband is not here. I got both children fed, bathed and put to bed all by my lonesome. I also managed to pack the bags for tomorrow, start a load of laundry and straighten up around the place a bit. When I come back after this trip - I fully expect the house to be a wreck and the excuse to be "I was taking care of 2 kids".
It just goes to show despite how far we have come in terms of equality - there is still a long way to go.
