Friday evening heading into a long weekend

It is before 9:00 on a Friday evening.  The only time that is better is about four hours ago!  This Friday though, Andrew is visiting his parents.  He is trying to make the trip once a month, although we are heading into a stretch where it can be tough to do that.  Having the extra day off this weekend (yay!!!) makes it a good weekend for him to make the trip.  I sure do miss him though, and he took our sweet pup with him.  She is a good companion for my father-in-law, and of course Andrew loves having her along.  Catherine was home for a few days this week, and with her back at school, and Andrew and the pup being gone, it sure is really, really quiet here.  Thomas has a swim meet tomorrow, so he stayed home with me, but it's still pretty quiet.  Grateful for some down time, even if I do think it is too quiet!