... if I spent every day with my two children who cannot seem to stop fighting and/or whining. . Now...don't get me wrong, we've had lots of fun. I am here at work on a Sunday evening uploading 120 photos that I took during our adventures this week -- evidence of a week well-lived.

But, my husband has been working on a job that needs to be done by the end of next week which means he's working late every night and working every day (yes, even Sundays), so it's been just me & the girls 24/7 for days on end. And, frankly, I think we're all sick of each other. When the husband got home today, I raced out the door telling him I needed to go to work.

I didn't really NEED to come here, though I am on a modem at home and it would take the rest of my life to upload those photos at home AND..it will be nice to be able to just get to work when I do return (having sorted through all my e-mail and snail mail and taken care of minor jobs), but...OK, I'm just going to say it ... I WANTED to come to work.

It's quiet here. There's no one fighting or whining (just some sports guys talking football). It's nice and cool, it's bright, it's peaceful, it's blissfully kid-free and I have Hershey kisses in my drawer and fresh-brewed hot coffee a few steps away. Ah.....

After a week of endless meal making, swimming (beach, YMCA, our pool, the Allegheny River) and animals (Pymatuning spillway, Pmyatuning Deer Park, Erie Zoo, etc.) and all sorts of educational and cultural experiences (Seawolves game, Liberty Park concert, St. James festival, ExpERIEnce museum, TREC center), I am more than ready to come back to my nice quite office.