Silence

It's funny.  When I'm home all day during the week with hubby off at the office, although the house is quiet it doesn't feel like isolated silence.  Yet, tonight, knowing that hubby is thousands of miles away in Texas, the house has a deafening silence.  An almost eerie feel.  It's like I can almost hear that music you hear on an old Western when they're in a ghost town.  (I'd try and spell out the sound but I would fail miserably!).

On one hand I am reveling in the peace and quiet today.  After dropping hubby off at the airport around 7:30 this morning, instead of going back to bed for a little shut-eye, I grabbed my paint brushes again and took the black paint to a little accent table I had previously painted the "Soldier Blue" color that the dining table used to be.  Hubby called just after 9am after getting through U.S. Customs at the airport on his way to his first flight to Chicago where he would catch his connecting flight to Austin. 

With the table finished, I was ready to get changed and make my way out to the hospital to visit Krissy (and the triplets baking in her belly).  Poor Krissy.  She is bored out of her mind on bed rest in the hospital for 6 more weeks (Lord willing the babies stay in at least that long!).  Her belly is getting itchy from being stretched so far and she's finding it hard to breath because there's no more room.  The babies are now all over 2 lbs (Praise the Lord) and the odds of survival at this point are quite high if they decide they can't wait any longer.  We continue to pray though they stay safe and sound in their Mommy's tummy, despite her discomfort.  Please pray for Krissy in this area.  I can't even begin to know what she's feeling but I know from so many of my friends who've been pregnant with only one baby, that when you get into that final month or so, you just want that baby OUT!  That's where Krissy is at now.  Please keep Paul in your prayers too as he's juggling work, trips to the hospital to see Krissy and keeping things in order at home with the pets and his own health.

At the hospital, Krissy and I shared a delicious lunch of Subway sandwiches (Sweet Onion Chicken Teryaki), chatted and played a game of Phase 10... or almost a whole game.  Her brother and Mom came for a visit so we cut our game short so they could come in and see her.  With H1N1 running rampant out there, hospital visitation is limited to only 2 visitors per patient and they are VERY strict about that rule!  I'm hoping to go back on Thursday afternoon to visit again!

When I got home this aft, that silence was almost deafening in the house.  It's even deeper than the sound of silence.  It's something in my spirit that I feel is missing when I'm home on a Saturday and Hubby is away.  It's weird but it makes me think of how it might feel as a widow... knowing your spouse isn't coming home and the house feeling like something is missing.  Like I said... it's very weird feeling being home alone when he's away.  During the week it's not as bad as on the weekends when he's gone.

I did a second coat of paint this evening and then head to Dominos to pick up a pizza for dinner.  Did you know you can make your pizza order online now?  I tried it and it was way cool!  They even have coupons you can use online.  The Dominos is only about a 5 minute drive away from home so instead of paying for someone to drop it off, I hopped in the car and went to pick up my own dinner. 

I watched National Treasure as I munched on my flat-crust, Hawaiian pizza and sipped my Diet Coke.  I LOVE that movie!  Even more I love American History that goes along with that movie.  Hubby and I have been to almost all of the sites they show and I love to relive our adventures alongside Ben Gates and his friends.

Tomorrow I'm hopefully heading to church before driving an hour north to visit my BFF and Little Miss "H" for the day.  We haven't seen each other since I think Miss H was here in the summer staying with us.  Pitiful really but it's hard with P working full time and living so far away.  We'll make the most of tomorrow, catching up and having a good laugh over the antics of a very busy 2 year old girl!  Speaking of which... Little Miss "H" apparently had a fight with a marker tonight.  P said her belly and arms were covered in marker.  She took pics but I'm sure I'll see the evidence myself tomorrow!