the weekend of wang.

what would you do if you had the entire weekend to yourself?

drink nothing but chocolate milk?  sew til 2 am?  sleep in til 9:30?  check, check & check.

because this last weekend i did.  sam took parker over to eastern washington to visit his parents & go to a washington state football game while i stayed back to hang out with girlfriends & shoot a family session.

thus: the legendary weekend of wang.
{if you can't remember where i got the nickname of "wang", you may need to revisit this post.}

at first i thought it was crazy.  i told sam i had a girl's night out planned for friday & also had a family shoot on saturday.  "hmmmm, ok." he replied, "i think parker & i will go to my parent's this weekend & i'm gonna go to a wsu game with my dad."

you guys?  it's a six hour drive to sam's parents.  parker has NEVER been that far away from me.  i have never been away from him for longer than a night.  i didn't believe it.  but then?  it sounded amazing.  having the house all to myself for two days & two nights?  for the first time in TWO YEARS?  oh the possibilities!  i could sew.  i could paint.  i could edit.  i could blog!  i could... do laundry?  yes, it was on the list.  while watching a chick flick!  i could do all these things without regard to nap time.

by the time sam & parker had the car loaded up & were driving away it was all i could do to keep the giant smile off my face.  don't get me wrong... i love my husband & my kid more than words but one little weekend to myself?  glorious.

i had pretty big plans.  besides the girls night & the family session, all my plans involved me being locked up inside my house like a hermit with lots of loud music.  i only got about half the things on my list accomplished but it was pretty awesome nonetheless.  to get to be nothing other than me for one weekend.  not a wife, not a mom, just me.  it was needed.

and by the end of those two days?  i needed the boys in my life back.  i missed 'em & they missed me.  distance truly makes the heart grow fonder.  and i'm so grateful for a husband that isn't afraid to take his kid off on his own & give me a little distance every now & then.

i'm a lucky girl.