My Sabbatical Starts!

I have been smiling for two days. Why, you ask? My sabbatical has started. The school year from hell has ended. My wonderful husband has sent me to Baton Rouge for three days by myself. I've been reading, relaxing, shopping, eating, and shedding the toxicity of the last 9 months.
As each hour goes by, I can physically feel the weight of my stress easing off. I feel like I can breathe, and it is good.
Mom is driving to meet me tomorrow, and we're going shopping for bedding for our new bedrooms.
Oh yeah, another reason for the smile is that David and I are buying our first house! We've already sold our house, and apparently have to be out by June 3 (we're going to stay with my mom and dad until our house is ready)....but I'll worry about that when my minivacation is over.

Brokenhearted

Baylor went to live with his dad for the rest of the school year. We've been having some serious issues with him (he's been passive-aggressively insisting that he go live at his dad's house). He's been there about two weeks, and I've talked to him a couple of times.
I was counting on him having a lot of homework like he did in school here to make him see that the grass isn't greener. Unfortunately, apparently Church Point Middle School doesn't believe in the value of homework because he hasn't had any yet. So his dad and stepmom don't get the joys of spending four and five hours a night making him do homework...
He also has two kids his age in the same house, and a plethora of kids his age in his neighborhood. I can't compete with that either. Maybe it's too early and I'm just being pessimistic, but I have a feeling I'm in for an even rougher emotional road.
I miss him, and I want him to come home.