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“I love you too but I need to get up if we don’t want a mess on the couch,” she says to me as she tries to push me off her.

“Sit tight. I will go grab you a washcloth,” I tell her as I stand up and walk away. One downside of her going on birth control shortly after we started dating and we ditched the condoms- things can be messy, but fuck if I don’t love being in her with nothing between us.

After cleaning up, we gather our clothes and make our way into our room. Exhaustion is starting to set in for both of us as we both worked today. Once we are both ready for bed, we climb in and cuddle right up together. I think this is both of our favorite time of day. We just relax while wrapped around each other. Sometimes we talk and other times we just enjoy being next to each other. I can tell that Tessa has nodded off to sleep as her breathing has changed. I lie there for a little while longer just listening to her breathe, holding her until I eventually fall asleep myself.

Tessa

Over the next couple of days, I get in touch and meet with the realtor for Jake. He agreed with us that selling right now might not be our best option and gave us some rental advice. His company also handles property management, so Jake just decided to use them since he already had a relationship with the company from buying his house. We now need to get it cleaned out and ready for a renter, so that is our priority before we can do anything else that he recommended.

Since Jake is back to working 12 plus hour days now that it’s summer and they have this huge job going on, it’s up to me to get all his stuff packed up and ready to move. I spend almost every day over there except the days I have to work. The only day he has been able to come help is on Sundays. Thankfully, it only took about a week for me to get everything packed up that we are taking to my house and decided what to do with the rest. Now that we have everything out, we need to have it painted inside and it will be ready to rent. All I can say is I’m happy that we are using a rental company. I have no desire to be dealing with potential renters and with Jake’s crazy schedule right now, I know I would have to handle it for him and that is just something that I don’t want to do.

It took about a week before Jake can get one of his crews over to the house to paint the inside, but now that it’s done, it has been put on the market and they are showing it like crazy and within a few days we have a renter moving in. We were not hurting for the rental income but it will be nice to have it to offset the expenses on it.

The next few weeks fly by. Ty and I fall into a relaxed summer schedule. He still spends Tuesday and Wednesdays with my parents when I’m working. The other days we spend together and we end up hanging with Caroline and her boys most days. We love taking them to the pool, parks, the zoo…. anything to keep them moving and burning energy! We are at the zoo today with Caroline.

“Hey, have you guys made plans yet for 4th of July?” Caroline asks me.

“Nope, I’m not sure if Jake is only going to be off on the 4th or if he’s shutting down for the long weekend. What did you have in mind?”

“Nothing specific, just figured we could all get together. If he has the long weekend off, maybe we can take all the kids to the cabin?”

“That would be amazing. I love going up there. I’ll ask him tonight if he’s thought about it since it isn’t that far off.”

“Yep, it’s already next weekend! Where has this summer gone?”

“Man, summer is flying by so fast,” I say on a sigh.

“And if we can’t get away to the cabin, we can just BBQ up at our house for the day then head down to the waterfront for the fireworks.”

“Sound like a great plan to me. I’m sure the kids will love either option.”

Jake finally gets home from work while I’m up putting Ty to bed, so I can finally talk to him about the possibility of going to the cabin for the holiday next weekend.

“Hey, babe,” I call out for him as I come downstairs.

“I’m out on the deck,” he calls out to me.

I grab myself a glass of wine and go to join him outside. Before sitting down next to him, I lean down to give him a kiss and hug.

“I missed you today, beautiful,” he says as he kisses my neck. “Did you guys have a good time at the zoo?”

“I missed you too. I’m so ready for these long ass days to be over with. And yes, we had a great time. Caroline asked what our plans were for the 4th of July next weekend and brought up the possibility of all of us going up to the cabin if you were going to be off.”

“I would love to but I’m not sure if we’re going to be able to shut down for the entire long weekend.”

“Well, that sucks but we came up with a plan B in case going to the cabin wasn’t an option. We figured we could just grill at their house and then head down to the waterfront to watch the fireworks.”

“Before we completely rule out the cabin, let me see how things go the next few days and then we can make a final decision early next week.”

“I like that plan. Do you think even if you can’t fully shutdown, you could leave your foremen in charge and take off yourself? I know you like being around in case they need you, but is it something you are willing to do?”

“Possibly, I just hate to make them work over the long weekend while I’m gone relaxing.”

“I know and that makes you a great boss and business man. But you also have to take time for yourself sometimes as well.”

“I know, babe, it’s just a critical time in our schedule and I only feel it’s right for me to be present. But, like I said before, I’ll see how the next few days go and see if I think we can stay on schedule if we are closed for the long weekend.”

The next few days are crazy busy for Jake. He’s still trying to figure out if he can close for the extra two days, and when we both get home on Wednesday night from work he lets me know that they have a delay with a subcontractor who is closed for the holiday weekend. That means he will close as well, since they can’t move on until this sub comes in and does their thing and they won’t be starting until Monday morning. So now I must pack us all up tomorrow so we can head to the cabin once Jake gets home tomorrow. I’m so excited! Caroline and Luke are also excited for our time away and I’m sure all the boys will flip out when they find out we are going.

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