I am having a quiet afternoon at home. This feels wrong when I know that Howard is down at Dragon’s Keep drawing until his arm falls off. But it is necessary. When Howard arrives home tonight and falls over with exhaustion, I must be alert and energetic enough to catch him before he hits the floor. The house needs to be in order and the kids need to be calm, because nothing is worse than dragging yourself home exhausted to find chaos. The calm and order can not happen unless I am here having a quiet afternoon.
I spent the morning wrangling my way through customs forms and printing international postage. It wasn’t hard, but it did require hours of careful concentration. But it is done. The request for postal pick-up has been made. I think I am ready. Next week the drawing will be all done and it will be my turn to work past the point of exhaustion while Howard recuperates and acts as support personnel.
Can I just say that I love the way that you and Howard trade off on work-loads, support each other, and work together to make sure that things run smoothly? And when they don’t, you work to make sure that things don’t explode, at least, so that you can both get through it! 🙂