Home alone

Husband has gone off on one of his great lonesome adventures. When asked for his route he replied ' East for a day, then north, then loop back'. Must be great being him!
The routine for these trips goes like this:
'I think I'll go on another trip"
(me) 'ok just arrange childcare and give me dates so I can work around it'
'I can't go -its not fair'
'no its fine, just get everything organized first'
'I'll think about it'

6 weeks of brooding and increasing irritability

(me) would you please go on a feekin trip and give us all a break?
'oh that's a good idea... if you dont mind'

3 weeks of intense map reading
1 week of intense mission planning and packing (must happen in middle of living room and must take 5 days)

' it will be good to get some space and everythings organized, you'll hardly notice the difference in your routine.

Day 1 of trip. I work from home today (just in case). He plans on leaving at 5am - so I'll need to drop the kids off at school.
My 'hardly notice the difference' day went like this:
7 .00 get up, deal with emails, get ready
7.45 Get kids up, ready, out to school.
8.30 Drive to school. Drop kids off, deal with admin in school office, hand in various forms and payments that have been lying around for 2 weeks but need to be dealt with Today.
9.00 Do all of housework in 30 mins flat
9.30 Start work
10.00 see husband off on trip (5am !!!!!!!!) ' take photos of me leaving, come see my new topbox, let me show you my route;
10.15 - 2.30 Work
2.40 Drive to school. Pick up kids
2.40 -2.50 pressganged by kids into buying books at bookclub thing at school
2.50 3.20 Hijacked to hang art as husband had volunteered but forgotten, so they were looking for him.
3.30 Drive home. Feed and water children while taking phone call from husband with progress update. 'Its 110 degrees, but the plains are fabulous
3.45 - 6.00 work while minding children, supervising homework and providing constant snacks
6.00 - 7.15 Drive to HMB. Softball practice for child A. Read Ninja tree house book to child B in car while waiting.
7.70 - 8.30 Drive to School. Open house at school, checkout both classes, artwork, projects in corridors, lug home a forest of paper.
8.30 Drive home. Feed and water children while taking second progress call from husband ' the plains are really boring, I'm heading north tomorrow, my hips hurt'
9.30 finally get kids to bed
9.30 - 11.00 catch up on work, confirm tomorrows pick-ups, rideshares etc etc
11.00 make packed lunches
11.30 Replace sofa covers husband washed 4 days ago.
11.50 - bed

Nope, hardly noticed the difference.