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1. FAMILY TIME - I love being back together as a family. It is so amazing to have us all under the same roof again. Both practically, for the extra help, but also for the emotional aspect of just having daddy and hubby home.
2. Starting Anew - Ronnie and I use hospital stays to reboot our lives...this may be one of my favorite things about the end of a hospital stay. We usually revamp our diet, our exercise routines, our chores, you name it. This time out Ronnie and I have decided to clean up our eating (as in, eat clean for awhile), rework some of our workout routine, reschedule some of our daily routine, and reorganize our chore list. It's a nice opportunity to hit restart!
3. Increased Energy - Ronnie usually has a lot more energy when he gets out (vs when he goes in). I love having him back at 100%. He doesn't complain before a stay, and he tries not to have it affect our lives, but I can always tell he's forcing it before he goes in.
4. Appreciating the Under-appreciated - I always love and adore Ronnie, but I appreciate him SO much more the first few days he's home from the hospital. His presence I felt more than usual. Hearing his goofiness resound from the playroom or finding laundry folded waiting for me make me truly appreciate him.
5. Daddy's Girl Back with Daddy- Mckenna struggled this stay more than usual with Ronnie being gone. I love seeing daddy's little girl back with her daddy. She smiles a little bigger, laughs a little louder, and snuggles a little tighter when she's with her daddy.
6. Evening Company - I don't very often think about evenings when Ronnie is around. We veg out. We watch TV. We sleep. It's all low key. But when he is gone for 3 weeks, evenings start to feel lonely. It's quiet. I'm alone. The house feels emptier. Having him home is truly felt in the evening. Even watching TV with someone else feels remarkably more full, even if no one is talking.
7. Help - It's exhausting to be a single mom for weeks on end. Help is amazing. Getting to pee alone sometimes during the day. Someone else to be on potty duty. Someone else to grab something out of the fridge. Someone else to answer all of the "why" questions. Everything. Help is amazing!!!
8. Gym Buddy - I love working out because I love all of the benefits...but one thing I love the most is doing it with my gym buddy. It's our time together. We can talk, joke, check each other out in the mirrors...It is a really fun time together.
9. A Warm Body - Our bed feels empty when Ronnie is gone. I stack pillows on his side of the bed, just so it feels less empty, but it's really nice to have a real person back in bed. I would say it's nice to have snuggles during the night, but usually he says I'm too hot to snuggle with, so he snuggles pillows ;-)
10. FAMILY TIME - This one is too good not to do twice! It's nice to have our threesome together again!
