Perks of the job

I pride myself on being a self sufficient mom.  Given the fact that being a LEO wife means you are a married single parent most of the time.  I don't have the luxury of not functioning when hubs is working.  I also don't NORMALLY get spooked when home at night without him.  I mean let's face it, I am 31 years old, I don't think the Bogey Man is really out there lurking.  With that being said let me say this, I live in a very rural area, there is a safety light in the neighbor's (who happen to be directly across the street) yard but it is only on about half the time.  I have a large dog that will let me know if something comes up that isn't suppose to be there, and well he will do his best to scare it off-he is slightly evil looking so I am certain it would work.  However, while getting ready for bed the other night, I was stepping out of the shower and heard a crash. It sounded like it was to the side of the house, but sounded a lot like something hitting my front door.  So being the brave chicken I am, I walk through the house to check on the kids to make sure they are OK, and make sure hubs hasn't come home early. 

Well the kids were snuggled up all nice a comfy in bed, and there were no signs of him being in the house. I admit, the dog wasn't barking, but still I was a bit antsy. So being a practical woman, what did I do.  You guessed.  I broke on the ole cell phone and sent hubs a text that basically said, something went boom come check it out please.

As you can imagine I was fully expecting a phone call back that said get over it and go to bed. Thankfully I didn't get that type of phone call at all.  I did get a call wanting to know what I heard and if the afore mentioned big dog was barking.  He of course wasn't which eased my mind a bit.  Then I hear the words that instantly settled me down.  "I'm pulling in the driveway"  You want to talk about relief.  Once I made my way across my house I see a second set of headlights pulling in. I walk out side and realize it's one of the other officers that hubs.  I walked outside and was assured that everything looked fine.  I asked Hubs what the other guy came with him for, because I was surprised. 

Hubs said well once I said I had to come home because you heard something and it spooked you and that you don't call for that kind of stuff, he said he needed to come check to. 

How is that for your own personal Calvary.  Thankfully everything was fine and I shortly there after went to bed and slept great...till Hubs came home and woke me up.