I just wanted to brag about the fact that this afternoon/evening I drove for 7 hours by myself with the boys to come spend a few days with my mother-in-law in Massachusetts.
Last night my husband flew to Brazil, where he'll be for a week and my father-in-law flew to Peru for a 10 day visit. I didn't want to stay home alone, but I was a bit afraid of driving for so many hours with the boys, but I decided to brave it.
The trip is supposed to take 5-6 hours, but I was stuck in traffic for 1h30 in Connecticut. This happened because I wasn't able to leave home before 2:30 pm, so I naturally got stuck in traffic from 5:30 on.
The boys behaved well. I was very lucky because the two times my son needed to go to the bathroom (for #2 nonetheless), we were right at a service area. We stopped only those two times, within an hour (between 4-5 pm) and then we continued for 3 hours straight until the little one couldn't bear it any longer and I stopped for 10 minutes for him to nurse. Both boys slept for the last 1h30 of the trip, thankfully.
Tomorrow I meet with my advisor and with one of the committee members (the first time since May), separately this time. I'll let you know how it goes.
Brave mother. Glad it went well. Good luck in the advisory meetings.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on achieving that milestone!
ReplyDeleteGood luck with the advisors.
I admire you for your solo driving! And good luck with your advisros--you are lucky you can just drive to meet with them, as opposed to flying...I haven't met with my advisors in *years*--ugh.
ReplyDeleteI'm really happy that your trip went well. I know road trips can be difficult, and it must be even harder on your own. Good for you!
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