I felt like a bad mom this week already... my kids have eaten fast food, pizza, and Village Inn since my dh left. I am struggling just to keep up with everything. It is amazing how hard it is to be a single parent with a 6 year old (as of Friday) and an 8 year old. It was actually easier when they were littler to have him deployed. It is amazing how much more energy it takes to keep up with them now. (Mom, read this. Mom, check my homework. Mom, can we make cookies? Mom, can you wash my shirt? Mom, have you seen my...? And so on, and so on, and so on.) By the time they go to bed at night, I don't have much energy left. I was thinking... quilt time, but lately I have enough energy to crash out on the recliner and watch a few minutes of TV before I fall asleep myself.