You just get to the point where...

You just do what you wanna do.  After being married to an LEO for almost 9 years (that is a long time in LEO time and modern day marriages) you get tot he point where you don't work your schedule around his as much.  You just go.  For instance, in the past several years I would have spent the entire weekend at home just the boys and I because Hubs was working all weekend.  It has recently gotten to the point though that sitting at home all weekend stinks as much to me as it does the kids.  Now my boys are 8 and 5, they are by no means social butterflies but they do have the need to get out of the house.  I will say those two boys and I stayed ont he go all weekend.  We went to Thing 1's trophy presentation for baseball, dinner out just the three of us, a trip to Walmart, an afternoon by the pool, a trip to Lowe's and Pizza Hut.  When the boys were younger, and honestly fought less we would go out more just the three of us, and honestly when it was just one kid and me, we would take off anywhere.  But as the kids get older the thrill of going and doing is there more.  Normally on the weekends that it is just us, I would take care of the errands, such as grocery shopping and things of that nature that I know is easier without the husband.  However now, the boys and I are doing more fun stuff.  Now don't be mistaken, I love nothing more than my family of 4 spending quality time together.   It is all about balance, you get let your life stop.  Now we don't do anything major, like long distance trips, but little day things to keep the three of us from getting bored out of our minds.  It's all about living, and really there is not a point one in sitting and waiting for life to come to you, you have to go get it.