This Is A Very Big Weekend For Us!

Y’all, this can be a large weekend. I’m doing one thing that I haven’t achieved in properly over a decade, and I’m type of nervous about it. I’m going away for an in a single day journey.

I do know a few of you might be pondering, “That’s large? Actually, Kristi?”

However it’s. It’s large. As y’all know, Matt (for those who’re new round right here, Matt is my husband) has M.S., and it has progressed to the purpose that I’ve to do most all the things for him. So I spend my days caring for him and dealing on home tasks. And there are issues I’ve to do for him all all through the day, from the second we get up within the morning till I get into mattress to fall asleep at 12:30am every evening.

So the considered really going away and being away from the home in a single day has not appeared doable in a really very long time. In reality, I haven’t been away from Matt in a single day in properly over a decade.

The final time I used to be away from him, we nonetheless lived within the rental. I don’t keep in mind the 12 months precisely, however I had been invited by Rust-Oleum to go to North Carolina (I believe) with a number of different bloggers for a weekend to check out their new merchandise. I used to be so excited for the chance, and we employed an organization known as Visiting Angels to stick with Matt whereas I used to be gone.

Properly, it was a catastrophe, and that weekend was probably the most nerve-racking issues I’ve ever endured. The corporate despatched a person (as we requested) who as an RN to stick with Matt. We had stuffed out all of their paperwork, went by means of all the consumption interview necessities, and had gone over all the things we would wish for them to do whereas I used to be gone. A type of necessities was to feed our canine and take him out no less than 3 times a day.

All the pieces appeared effective, and the man confirmed up simply was needing to depart for the airport. However in some way, the corporate had failed to inform him about our canine, and this man as deathly afraid of massive canine. So I used to be making an attempt to get out the door to move to the airport whereas the one that was supposed to stick with Matt was freaking out about our canine and saying that there’s no manner he can keep within the rental with the canine.

I actually don’t keep in mind how that turned out. I’ve blocked it out of my thoughts, I believe. I don’t keep in mind if he labored by means of his concern, or in the event that they despatched another person, or if our canine went to stick with my mother. It was in all probability that final choice. However evidently, I used to be going to items and utterly freaked out, and that set the tone for the entire weekend, not just for me, but in addition for Matt.

I don’t keep in mind a variety of particulars. Once more, I believe I blocked them out. However I do keep in mind getting a frantic telephone name from Matt sooner or later. I don’t keep in mind the issue, however being a number of hours away through airplane, in a state a number of states away from Texas, and being on a multi-day journey with non plans to return for an additional two days, I used to be completely frazzled.

After that horrible expertise, I vowed to by no means try this once more. That’s why I by no means went on running a blog journeys, or went to running a blog conferences. Whereas different bloggers have been touring, being invited by corporations to go right here and go there, gathering to community with one another and with corporations, I simply stayed dwelling. I turned down each alternative that got here my manner as a result of the stress of leaving Matt with another person in a single day simply wasn’t price it to me.

So when my church introduced their first annual girls’s retreat a few months in the past, I didn’t even give it a thought. My mind simply robotically guidelines out something that requires me to be gone in a single day. In my thoughts, it simply wasn’t a risk.

However after I gave it some thought, and floated the concept to Matt, we determined to see if we may work out the small print in order that I may go. And as we speak is the day! I will probably be spending tonight away from Matt for the primary time in properly over a decade.

I’m nervous, however he appears effective. 😀 And because it’s only one evening, my mother will probably be staying with Matt. Since most of my time away will probably be within the night and on a Saturday, Matt will really be fairly low upkeep. She’ll simply should be certain his water cup is stuffed, and he or she’ll must make him one meal. And Cooper is fairly low upkeep as properly.

So this can be a large deal. One evening wouldn’t be a giant deal for most individuals, however in our scenario, it’s fairly monumental. I pray all the things goes properly, and my mother and Matt have a peaceable and stress-free 24 hours collectively. But when not, no less than this time I’ll solely be a one-hour drive away.

So right here’s to new issues, and to stepping out of our consolation zone.

Addicted 2 Adorning is the place I share my DIY and adorning journey as I rework and embellish the 1948 fixer higher that my husband, Matt, and I purchased in 2013. Matt has M.S. and is unable to do bodily work, so I do nearly all of the work on the home on my own. You can learn more about me here.