I'm currently in Atlanta as I was invited by Coca-Cola to attend a mom blogger conference at their headquarters. (I know what you're wondering and the answer is a shrug and an "I dunno.") I need to put more miles and thought between the experience and myself before I say much of anything about it. For now, I'll just say that Coca-Cola is paying for my travel expenses but has about as much control over what I write here as anybody else does, which is to say none. I'll also say that if you ever have a chance to listen to a handful of Coca-Cola's female Vice Presidents talk about work/life balance, DO IT. Twice.
Anyway, this is the first time I've been out of town in ... a while. I have a history of traveling constantly for work, but reigned that in when Alexis was born. I've traveled a bit since her birth, but certainly not often.
It's really no big deal for me to leave town. Mr. Husband is more than capable of handling the little monster all by himself. In some ways, he's better equipped for it than I am. Alexis and I are so very similar that we often butt heads, so he's able to be the level head with a different perspective at times.
That's my fancy way of saying she's nicer to him.
My schedule was crazy today so I ended up not being able to call and check on my peeps until nearly 9:00. Since Alexis is nicer to the husband than she is to me, she was fast asleep by then. It's worth fighting me over bedtime despite the fact that I have never once caved on the bedtime issue. For him? She goes to bed in a snap.
Grumble grumble.
A sleeping kid is a kid who doesn't talk, so it has now been over a day since I last heard her squeaky little Minnie Mouse voice. On a normal day Alexis crams in enough words to fill a week, so that's a lot of not hearing her words.
Remind me that I missed hearing her voice tomorrow when I'm about to start complaining about her using up all of the words in the whole wide world again, OK?
