I’m currently in the midst of having the house to myself for about a week- my husband Pat is on a trip to LA with his buddy.\u00a0 But this isn’t going to be another post about why separate vacations are normal and healthy for couples (although they are both).<\/p>\n
This is about being alone.\u00a0 Not lonely, but alone.<\/p>\n
Yes, I do work during the day and yes, I did run errands and whatnot a couple times after work.\u00a0 But especially on the weekend, there are hours upon hours when it’s just me and my 2 cats and my not entirely balanced brain.\u00a0 And you know what?\u00a0 For the most part I like it.<\/p>\n
You might wonder why it’s different being alone here versus on vacation.\u00a0 It’s a lot different.\u00a0 On vacation I tend to be out and about quite a bit.\u00a0 Even when I’m in my hotel room I’m probably planning when I’m going next.\u00a0 And there’s the excitement of being on vacation and being in a strange place.<\/p>\n
Here I’m just, well, here.\u00a0 Sure I can plan my next vacation and I can plan what to wear to work next week and I can plan what I’m going to do when Pat gets home.\u00a0 And I have thought about all those things.\u00a0 But I’ve had a lot of other thoughts too. Some not so great- I’m not going to lie.\u00a0 But sometimes there is a bliss of having no thoughts at all- just feeling safe and cozy with all my favorite things.\u00a0 My two sweet kitties.\u00a0 My own bed.\u00a0 My own shower (highly underrated perk of home).\u00a0 \u00a0My comfy recliner.\u00a0 My TV with my remote.\u00a0 My fridge.\u00a0 And yes, myself.<\/p>\n
And that’s pretty good.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I’m currently in the midst of having the house to myself for about a week- my husband Pat is on a trip to LA with his buddy.\u00a0 But this isn’t going to be another post about why separate vacations are normal and healthy for couples (although they are both). This is about being alone.\u00a0 Not lonely, but alone. Yes, I… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4487,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[27,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-its-all-love","category-myself"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t