Tom has been gone this last week at Mountain TOP and I have been parked in Akron by myself.  Several people have expressed concern that I will be lonely or bored.  Ha!  How little they know me.  I miss Tom, sure, but I enjoy time to myself and love (for a little while) ordering my life without having to answer to anyone else.

So how have I been spending my week?  I’ve been reading and writing.  I finished reading two books this week and made a good start on a third that will take me forever to read (Peter Cozzens’ “This Terrible Sound:  The Battle of Chickamauga” – 600 pages of little tiny print).  I have had plenty of time with my blog and time to do some other writing as well.  I’m all caught up on my e-mail and on the blogs that I follow.

My favorite thing this week has been my daily excursion to see friends.  Saturday was the wedding.  Sunday was spent with my sister and her family.  Monday I met a friend for lunch.  Tuesday I had supper with the Disciple Bible Study group I taught my last year at Wedgewood.  Wednesday I took a long walk and had supper with Chris.  Thursday I had lunch with Karen.  Friday I had lunch and a nice walk with my sister.  Today was breakfast with Deborah and a graduation party this afternoon.  Monday (our last night in Akron) will be supper with our longtime “gang.”  This has been plenty of out and about time for me.  I have also been to see my doctor and had an eye exam but those are just routine, not fun.

I have also been knitting and watching movies.  I watch the movies that I love and Tom doesn’t like, such as “Unbreakable,” “50 First Dates,” “Signs,” and a lot of musicals.  While I watch I knit prayer shawls.  I have two finished and ready to turn in at church on Sunday.  I was hoping to have a third finished, but the pattern is more time-consuming than I expected.  I really enjoy knitting but when Tom is around I enjoy holding his hand or leaning against him when we are watching tv.  It is hard to knit and hold hands at the same time!

I will be glad for Tom to come home tonight.  But I have enjoyed my week with Tom gone.  As much as we enjoy being together, you appreciate each other more if you occasionally have a little time apart.