I have the best friends...

So, I have the best friends ever. Seriously, they are awesome

In case anyone was not aware, Dan was out of town for the weekend enjoying his drunken self in San Francisco. That meant I would be home by myself with Little Man. I hate being home alone. I mean hate. Not in that "Oh, I'm not too fond of this, I kinda wish I wasn't home alone" kind of hate, more like the "Oh my God I am sure someone has broken into our house and is waiting in a closet for me to go to bed so they can kill me. I must leave on all the lights and never sleep so I can make sure that I can lock the baby and I in the bathroom and panic dial the police at the slightest noise." kind of hate.

I have hated staying home alone ever since college when, within a 6 month time span: my parents house was broken into while I was upstairs; there was a serial rapist stalking women in the neighborhood; and someone thought it would be a funny prank to leave creepy notes under my door at my first apartment. I think I come by it righteously.

So, back to my best friends ever.

They take such good care of me when my husband leaves for these trips. On Friday night, one of my friends came over with a girly movie, a bottle of wine and a pizza. Helped me put the baby to bed and stayed until 11:30 so I wouldn't worry all evening.

And then Saturday night, I met up with another friend and we walked down to a community thing with the baby. It was a theater opening for an area of town that is currently experiencing a revitalization of sorts. She ended up getting interviewed while holding Little Man and they put them both on the news that night. Afterward, we came back to the house ordered Thai food and watched yet another girly movie. She spent the night so I wouldn't have a panic attack, and even went down into my basement to turn the heat back on so I didn't have to.

I realize that at some point in the next month or so, I am going to have to come to terms with being in my house by myself. With Dan leaving for 5 weeks I am not going to be able have my friends hold my hand in the same way. The security system getting installed soon should definitely help, but knowing that I have such an amazing support base of wonderful friends and family here is what is going to help the most.

- em