This Should Be Interesting

B and I are going to Vancouver on Wednesday for the American Association of Endodontists conference. We're both members (yup, I got my card last week-- Auxiliary member, but who's checking?). We'll be gone until late on Monday. For those of you with kids that's six whole days that J will be babysat. Grandma arrives this afternoon and Grandpa brings the reinforcements on Saturday. I don't think I'm nervous about being away from J for six days; Lord knows I could use a break, but that doesn't mean I don't worry that my parents won't get driven crazy by the whining about where mommy and daddy are that they never agree to watch him again. I know, the chances of them doing that are very slim, but I am very appreciative of long term childcare and don't want to wear out the welcome mat too soon. With the busy wedding travel season commencing shortly after this trip, I need to make sure the babysitters are happy.

J is used to his routine. Part of that routine, as I have mentioned before, is whining about when Daddy will come home. What do you say when he asks on Thursday? Wait 5 more days kid? B says it's even worse when I go out that almost every 10 minutes or so he asks to make sure that I'm coming back. Thank goodness there is wine for after he goes to bed.

So I thought it might be a good idea to get him thinking about the fact that B and I are taking a trip into his head. When he was younger we didn't make a big deal of it because he couldn't ask where we were. He knows that Grandma is coming tomorrow and that Mommy is going on a trip. Here's where it gets sticky. When he asks if Daddy is going on a trip and I say yes, he bursts into tears. Lip quivering, flood gate tears. I feel so bad. I know that G/G will be spoiling him rotten and he will probably forget all about us, but it feels like it's going to be tough for at least a little while on both of us. Like I said, it should be interesting.

If anyone is wondering why I became a member of the AAE, no, I am not going into dentistry, but I thought it might be interesting to take a few classes on practice management and marketing so that I can help B out one day when he has his own practice. Since I know next to nothing, I've got a lot to learn.

Other things of late that should be interesting? My garden. I went to the garden store on Friday just for tomato plants. I came home with six (which could feed the whole neighborhood if they all do well, but I am assuming that some will not make it). I also came home with peppers, squash, zucchini, strawberries, lavender, basil, oregano, carrots, green beans, sunflowers, peppermint, and cucumbers. Everything was planted this weekend and now we just have to wait a good 50-60 days to see how it all goes. If it goes well, the good news is that we can plant another round in August for a fall harvest. That's a definite perk of living in TX.

Well there's packing and cleaning to be done and J just woke up. Hope everyone has a great week!