Oh no! I was hoping you'd say you had such a great time that you didn't have time to feel guilty. I feel bad about leaving DH, DD and DS behind, but then again, I'm excited to have the opportunity to go super-commando and see all the things that are important to me. Will I feel as selfish as those "mine?" seagulls from Nemo???
Well, the heavy guilt was on the plane. And I really shouldn't have sat myself right behind a little kid. My mistake.
One interesting thing that happened was that while I was roaming around when I wanted where I wanted, etc, and having a good time being alone...I saw the other parents and kids, and the difficulties that some of them were having, and I realized that the difficulties are still OK. Being alone is great, but being wth the fam is great, too.
It wasn't an overwhelming, non-stop sense of guilt, just little pangs. Actually not all that different than when I would see families in my single years, but this time you have a face to think about, rather than just a vague maybe-someday thought.
But then I'd go somewhere that only I wanted to go, or sit when I wanted to sit...and the guilt would go away.
It was also harder on me because I'd never been away from DS since he arrived. Since we have a family bed, I knew I'd miss him even when I slept, so I was glad I was soooooo exhausted. I'd only had about 2 hours of sleep before getting up for my flight, and then due to the lateness of closing, arranging stuff for the next morning, then a long shower to try to help my sore muscles...and then the room was so steamy that it set off the smoke detector...so I probably didn't get to sleep until after 1am, which means I was up for almost 24 hours. Needless to say, I pretty much passed out as soon as my head hit the pillow, and I hadn't moved when I woke up 7 hours later.
So anyway, if you've been away before, it might be better for you.
I am so hoping that they'll pick us to stay in the Dream Suite one night! If we win that fun dream I promise I'll take tons of pictures. That's one of the reasons why I've told DH we must wear the Happy Anniversary pins from City Hall, I'm hoping the Dream Team picking the guests for the Suite might notice us. 
