Tomorrow marks the conclusion of my first week as a single parent. It has been pretty easy. In fact, the most difficult part or actually ONLY difficult part has been listening to Chris's immature fun and that just occured today--more on that later. Claire has been a dream. She is listening, following directions, helping me with Mya, being independent at times and just being perfect. We have our nightly routines and pushed through our first weekend. We visited a local farm/petting zoo, shopped a bit, went on daily walks and stopped at a playground today. It was fun. The kiddos are eating well, taking naps without battles, really, I couldn't ask for better. HOWEVER, it is exhausting. I've done the single parent thing for a couple weeks at a time in the past and several times for a few days or a week long stint, but there is nothing like feeling like the end is nowhere in sight. There is truly no relief. It is amazing how much that little reminder changes my mindset. Despite t...