Where have you been??

I want to apologise for not posting for over a week, just in case you have been checking. Well I have had plenty of thoughts, but little chance to put them up here. My wife was ill last week and so I was looking after the three kiddies, which was tiring. I think it gave me an insight into what it is like to be a single parent - I am glad that it isn't on a full time basis. It got to the point where I was just glad to make it through the day with just a few fights and tantrums. I found myself just taking the chance to relax when their nap hour came, which meant playing on the computer or watching rubbish TV to have a little 'me time'. This meant that things like housework went out the window. It gave me an insight into how life must have been when I was working and I came home to find dishes in the sink and the vacuuming not done etc. I wondered how my wife had been slacking with only the kids to look after... boy was I wrong. I won't say she is completely better yet but she has been able to help a little more, for which I am very thankful. I have also been playing a little on the computer in the evenings, rather than logging on here.... possibly to wind down, but also just out of pure addiction.