It's been one week....

[garnigal]

Actually it's been 10 days since I was on LJ. The new job is draining, especially given sharing space with Derek and VV while they work (significantly shorter hours). 

In that time, I turned 45, and sent VV off for a vacation with her grandparents. They picked her up Sunday, which was 1 year plus a day since we started spending ALL. THE. HOURS. together. She's gone with a friend and her family to the park a couple of times this winter, but other than that, either Derek or I was with her.

It is super weird not having her here, but I also read an entire 596 page book in the two days she's been gone, so I can't complain. 

She appears to be having a good time, based on the photos and videos mom has sent. They went to a ski hill, so they have their own little condo, no need to see anyone else other than on the actual hill. My brother and sister-in-law and their three girls went too, so I can only imagine the four girls are talking a mile a minute, catching up on everything they've missed since the last time they saw each other in November. Mom is pretty happy too; all her girls together (except me).