Until you walk a mile in another man's moccasins you can't imagine the smell. --Robert Byrne

Well, Mike has been gone on a mission trip for over 8 days now and he is due back today!! I know he has had a great time but is homesick for the family. His being gone has made me look at my trip in a whole new light.

First off, we always joke about the fact that when Mike walks out the front door, the devil saunters in the back door. It only took him (the devil) 8 hours to get here this time! I hopped in the shower after Mike left and stepped into an inch of water in my basement floor. After much panic, a call to my beloved nephew (thank God my niece married him!!) and mopping it up, we diagnosed the problem as a backed up sewer. $%^&*#!!! What a disaster.

Then the service tech broke something and told me I would need to call someone on Monday to have it fixed, (it was now 4pm and I hadn't eaten anything) so I just nodded my head and said "OK".

Then it was off to pick up Austin at the West Michigan Science Fair Challenge in Muskegan where he placed third for his project. But later I got worried that whatever he broke might now make it through the weekend, so I called my nephew Steve AGAIN, and back he comes on a FRIDAY night no less.

All this to tell you.....what might go wrong when I am traveling?

The stove breaks? There is always McDonalds
The iron goes on the fritz? OOOh....wrinkles.

Anything else goes wrong? Well, while Mike admittedly might not be the handiest of guys, he always handles things for us and he will do just fine. He is so capable and unflappable. It's me that doesn't stay unflappable without him.

But that doesn't mean he will enjoy having to do it alone. He has been my biggest cheerleader through this all as I get ready to go, and I haven't realized just how long 17 days really is. So I am trying to keep that in mind. Maybe gonna have a few meals in the freezer. (Hope it doesn't die on him while I am gone, it was old when we moved here and it came with the house!)

Keep Mike in mind while I am gone will you? He just might need a few prayers, too!
Thanks,
Peg

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