wii, facebook, vacation and me?

Ok, here is my first blog post and I am in Columbia visiting my parents. I dropped my three lovelies off at their Grandpa and Marmi's house for "Summer Fun Camp" with all their cousins and drove to Columbia. Friday night was quite entertaining as my dad bought my mom a wii for her birthday and she and I played the bowling game. While this was going on, my dad got a facebook account. At some point, I stopped "bowling" and went to read a book, leaving my mom to play a video game and my dad on facebook. It was a strange role reversal that made me think, "is this when I start to take care of them?" Honestly, they are both so independent and mostly healthy that I am not worried about them "needing" me for some time. None the less, it made me think about the next 10-20 years in fast forward. Saturday was an adventure as we drove to see Hello Dolly at Arrowrock Lyceum Theatre to benefit the Central MO Food Bank. That was a fun musical to see and my dad and I had a nice dinner while my mom was doing what she does best, getting the party started! So, today I got back in that blue minivan and drove back to St Louis to pick up the kids and drove back to Columbia. I am already dreading the drive back to Newton and wish I could push a button and be there. I love our new church in Newton, but I miss my family and friends in MO. It is fun to visit, but I miss home. I miss being busy helping David in whatever task he asks me to do, I miss trying to search for the right color sock as he gets ready for Sunday morning church and I miss the hurry to get out the door, all three kids, fed and dressed and scrubbed clean and ready for the day. Vacation is the time to relax and do whatever without the hustle and bustle and stress, and just maybe it will be just enough time "off" to make you miss life as you normally know it! For me, this mini-vacation has done just that! I miss it all!