The calm before the storm

It's Monday, January 1st and I am home alone.

The kids went to Steinbach for a sleepover and Trevor is at work. I hadn't realized how odd that felt until I woke up this morning. I realized that there was no one that needed me. No one needed breakfast and no one needed a diaper change. A greater portion of my life was spent like this yet it seems so far away. It is hard to remember what it was like when it really was just me to think about.

I went to the mall this morning. By myself. I got passed by an old man. I'm walking pretty slow. Saw some moms with their kids in strollers and thought "Yup, that'll be me soon." But not today.

Today it's just me. Living in the calm before the storm that will be called three children.