Home Alone

It's official.  I'm home alone for the first time in almost 4 years.  I think this is the part where Macaulay Culkin slaps himself in the face, right?  I'll pass on that, but otherwise, I'm finding myself with about 24 hours of complete and utter aloneness.  Yeah, that's probably not a word.  Anyway, I'm trying to figure out the best way to pass this time in order to do so efficiently as well as keeping things fun.  I'm seriously contemplating going to a movie in about an hour, but right now I'm just sitting here enjoying the silence, and the buzzing of the light in the kitchen which has been known to drive me crazy.  

Keith came home from work on Thursday and randomly said that he was going hunting this weekend.  I was all for it, of course.  He hasn't gone hunting since we've been married and I know he's been wanting to get out and try some of the newer guns he's purchased recently.  I asked him what he would be hunting for and the time frame of his plans and he told me he would be going hog hunting in the area around his parents' land.  Apparently hog hunting is best done during the nighttime hours.  Before he started making calls to round up a friend or two for this excursion as well as letting his parents know of his plans, I suggested that maybe he might want to take Garrett along and let his parents spend some time with him while Keith would be out.  They're always wanting Garrett to stay overnight with them, I've been hesitant for a few reasons, but knowing that Keith would be within 20 minutes of their house, I thought this would be the perfect chance to do this. 

When he called his parents, this was his side of the conversation:

Hey, could I come down and spend the night with y'all on Saturday?

And I might have Garrett with me.  Would that be ok?

Now, my first thought was, "I hope his parents don't think we're having some sort of marital problems" because that sounded like a strange request to me.  Thankfully he got on with explaining the why of his trip and of course they were very agreeable.  Keith and his dad have done these overnight hog hunting trips many times in the past.  Apparently wild hogs are a problem in that area at different times of the year, and there's currently plenty for hunting right now, according to one of his friends who's going with him tonight.  These aren't the type of hogs you would eat, that's my understanding, so I have no idea what they will do with the hog once it's been "hunted" but I'm sure I'll find out tomorrow when he gets home.  

So now I contemplate all this time before me.  Wondering what would be the best use of my time.  The obvious choice would be to clean, and I hope to do some of that.  But I also want to feel as if I've done atleast a few things that I wouldn't have been able to do had Keith and Garrett been home.  Normally I would seriously consider doing some shopping, but it's pretty cold today and I don't have anything pressing that needs to be purchased.  It's probably good I don't know the sex of the baby yet because otherwise I might be out buying "necessities".  The second thought that came to mind was the movies.  When I mentioned it to Keith (after he asked me what in the world I was going to do while they're gone), he was very hurt that I would even consider going to a movie without him.  I swore to him I would be seeing something that he wouldn't even want to watch on video, let alone in the theater.  So I'm probably going to see "Twilight".  I've read the entire series, twice, but I've heard the movie doesn't quite do the book justice.  However, if I'm wanting to go catch a movie, then this is the best option because no way would Keith ever want to watch a movie about teenaged vampires.  So that's where I'll be headed here shortly.  Then I'll probably come home and watch a few more chick flicks on DVD that I haven't seen in ages and go to bed at some point before it gets too late.  Maybe tomorrow I'll have the energy to do some of the cleaning that needs to be done.  There is church in the morning, but after that I should have a few hours before they'll be home.

I honestly cannot remember the last time I was home alone for this length of time.  I almost feel as if I'm at loose ends knowing that there's nobody who needs to be taken care of.  Such a freeing feeling!

You all enjoy your child-filled, spouse-filled evening, while I'll be out partying it up like my college days.  ;)