Good things that happen when you are alone in your house for 43 hours

Yes, you read that right. I am alone in my house for the first time in seriously 8 and 1/2 years (since Emma was born). I am going to Girls' Camp tomorrow and Ryan had a business trip in CA, so he took all the kiddos yesterday (drove in the van by himself 16 hours) so his mom could watch them during the day while he did his stuff. So I have been all by myself! So here's your list.

When you are alone in your house...
1) It stays cool because a)your kids do not open their bedroom windows during their naps and yell at their friends and leave them open so your upstairs is roasting by 5 pm. b) You also do NOT leave the door open every time you walk through it. c)You also do not heat the house because you do not have to make meals.

2) You buy yourself a huge takeout Pad Thai meal and eat it for three meals in a row and love it because you never get it because your husband and kids don't like it.

3) You read an entire book (the other side of the bridge by Mary Lawson...this is book review number 3...I liked it and would recommend it) while you ride the exercise bike at the gym for an hour to work off the Pad Thai you keep eating.

4) You watch So You Think You Can Dance without having to fast forward the skanky costumes and too-sexy moves that you don't want you 8, 6, and 4 year old to see.

5) You clean the house for 5 hours while listening to Twilight on your computer because you aren't being constantly interrupting by kids who are supposedly helping you clean the house.

6) Your house stays clean after aforementioned clean-up. THE WHOLE REST OF THE WEEKEND. You don't ever have to clean it up again, because you are not a big huge slob like the other people who usually live here.

7) You sleep till 8:45 am.

8) You listen to all of church and feel the Spirit the whole time because you didn't just pinch your 4 year old for various things she does to bug everyone during Sacrament meeting.

9) You visit teach without having to arrange babysitting or without having your kid hit your teachee's kid with a car.

10) You run every errand and do everything on your list without being interrupted by fighting, hunger, messes, poop or playdates.

11) You miss your kids a lot and get choked up whenever the picture album screensaver flashes a cute picture of them on the screen.

So there you go. I wish all of you a weekend like this once in your life.

I'm off to camp and teenage girls with crazy hair, stupid songs and lots of teary testimonies. I'm sure we'll have lots to say when we get back!