it's not so bad, really. really.

Often, when people hear that andrew is gone for the entire summer, they say things like "Oh my god! Just you and the kids for two months?!? How do you do it?" And the truth is that it's not easy. (Although, with Emily now at camp, it actually is pretty easy, but that's not the point here.)

But there's another truth to the whole thing, also: I like living alone sometimes. I know I'm not exactly alone alone, because of the kids, but think about these advantages:

• I usually eat dinner after the kids go to bed, and I only eat what I want to eat, whether it's strawberries or Cap'n Crunch or broccoli and mushrooms and tofu.

• Television-wise, I have the comm.

• I can read in bed as late as I want.

• The house is as clean or as messy as I make it.

• I don't have to feel guilty about logging in at all hours or talking on the phone for hours at night.

• I am The General around here, not part of a Ruling Body.

• There is an overall reduction in the amount of burping, farting, and snoring in my universe.
  

See? I told you it's not that bad.