This was the week I dread all year long, the week of The Players Championship. The week where I am a single parent for eight consecutive days. The week where my respect for the single parent is strengthened.

Hell week!

Sunday.

Happy Mother’s Day to me! Don’t let this photo fool you, the kids were absolutely awful. All they wanted to do was fight, fight with me, fight with each other, just fight.

In a moment of calm, Cameron came to show off the plane he built. Not bad for a ten year old!

My Mother’s Day ended with dinner at my parent’s to celebrate my dad coming home from the hospital. Seeing my dad home was most definitely the highlight of my Mother’s Day.

Monday.

My mantra for Hell Week.

I try to have a positive attitude, but it’s just so damn hard to do it all alone, especially because Bill does so much.

I spent my morning with my dad daddy-sitting so my mom could go get some groceries. The food supply was running dangerously low over there. I got as much as I could done around the house before I left then I took my mobile office with me and sat with dad while cranking out some work.

Tuesday.

I really do enjoy my Yogi Tea, tea wisdom. This is probably my favorite little saying.

I’ve been working really hard all week to accomplish a lot. By Tuesday I was really cranking though my to do list and it felt good to be so productive. Usually when Bill is away things fall to shit, but this time I made a serious effort to stay on top of all of it.

Wednesday.

Sometimes I do stupid things. The Ring Doorbell needed to be charged so I grabbed a wire to plug it in. It sat on the counter in my bathroom charging all night and Wednesday morning I put it back out assuming it had charged. When I went to put the charging wire away I noticed that the end of the wire that I was using to charge the doorbell looked like this. The end of that bottom wire was plugged in but I thought the end plugged in was the end of the top wire.

Sigh.

Needless to say my doorbell did not charge.

Thursday.

By Thursday I really started to miss Bill. Sure, talking to Cooper is nice but he’s not much of a conversationist.

Cooper and I decided to send Bill a few, “we miss you” selfies to brighten his day. He’s so busy I doubt he even saw them.

Friday.

We love Pizza Friday here. Usually we’ll go out for pizza but I’m really not too keen on taking the boys out to dinner alone. So instead of spending $30 – $40 on a meal out, I spend $12 for these three pizzas and we had Everyone Gets Their Own Pizza Pizza Friday.

We ate in the family room and watched Pitch Perfect 2 before heading to my parent’s for dessert and a visit with our visiting Hawaiian family.

Saturday.

Saturday was pretty awesome. The weather was gorgeous, something we haven’t seen here in a long time. The boys spent most of the day outside with friends riding bikes and running around. When they came home they were exhausted and ready to chill.

I had a nice quiet day at home getting things done without listening to fighting or bickering and they had a fun day being kids outside with their buddies.

After dinner Cooper thought he heard Bill come home. The poor guy stood at the garage door crying to see his daddy and was very disappointed when I showed him there was nobody there.

While it was a very long week home alone, it was a very productive week and that makes me happy.

I hope your week rocks!

Wow, what a week. This week reminded me that life can take a drastic turn in the blink of an eye. Someone can be smiling at your kitchen take one day and the very next they are in a fight for their life.

While last week was probably the scariest and most stressful of my 36 years, there were also little (and huge) victories sprinkled throughout.

Sunday.

We celebrated Cameron’s birthday with the grandparents on Sunday evening. He was so excited to greet his visitors that he stood looking out for them for almost an hour.

He had a great birthday celebration with some really cool gifts. He asked for red velvet cake, so that’s what I got for him.

Great food. Great fun. Great family.

Monday.

I had plans for Monday. Bill and I were going to run out and grab things we needed for our business trip later in the week. I was heading to the kitchen for my morning snack when the phone rang and my frantic mother was on the other end. Dad was rushed from the doctor to the ER. My plans changed instantly.

A few minutes later I was in the car and on my way to pick up mom and get her to the hospital where we would stay well into the evening.

Dad’s ER bed was next to the bathroom where there was a little flood created by a young man who was not interested in providing a urine sample. The river above ended up getting much longer and was only about a foot from where I was sitting.

Tuesday.

Early morning at the hospital as they prepped my dad for a quadruple bypass, go big or go home, right?

My mom, sister and I sat for most of the day in a freezing waiting room where every hour felt like a day. Finally, the surgeon came out and told us dad made it through like a rock star and that we’d be able to see him soon. What I wasn’t prepared for was what I would see when we went in there. I’ve never seen so many IV tubes! 15 different things hanging there being pumped into my father.

My strong, tough as nails father looked so frail and weak.

(For his privacy I blurred dad out of the photo)

Cameron’s tenth birthday kind of sucked but he was more worried about his Poppy than his birthday.

Wednesday.

Wednesday was a day of victories.

I visited my dad and as soon as I walked into his room he flashed a big smile. He looked so much better in just a few hour’s time, his color was coming back, his eyes were open, he had much of his personality back, it was awesome!

The exciting day continued when Logan got home from school with his latest math test. 35 out of 36…Finally! He has been struggling to get to the 30 mark all year and he finally knocked it out of the park. He was so proud of himself, he worked hard and he did it!

Thursday.

In celebration of Logan’s math test we went to Outback for dinner.

First we stopped by so the kids could see their Poppy, they had been begging all week. Mom came along for her first real meal of the week and, once the kids started behaving, we had a nice time.

Cameron, goofy as always, was going for the ninja look (I think).

Friday.

Friday welcomed me with more good news.

I didn’t get to go on the business trip we had planned but I sent Bill along without me. My work as Director of Social Media received an award! The TurfFIT Virtual 5K was my baby and I couldn’t be more proud that it was recognized.

Dad continues to make huge strides in his recovery and was on point to come home over the weekend.

Saturday.

I’ve been itching for a change in my office lately so Saturday, after coming home from the hospital, I got to it to make some changes. I’m limited in what I can do because of the room and the size of my computer but I’m liking the new desk layout, it works a little better for me and gives me a little more room.

Yes, I use two computers and an iPad daily, sometimes I have all three of them up and running at once.

That’s my week people. I’m REALLY hoping for uneventful this week, I’ve had enough excitement for a while. Bill is away for eight days at The Players Championship so things are looking to be a bit chaotic, but hey, a girl can dream.

Have a fantastic week!