Diary of Dad On His Own

My wife leaves tomorrow morning for a week of work in India. I will be left to mind our 9-month old son and manage the house. No problem. I'll manage. Or will I? There are many single parents out there full time and I salute each and every one of you because it is a hard job with two parents sharing never mind one. That's the thing though, I am used to having my wife to share the load so this will be a big change in mindset and practice. My wife has been abroad with work before, Cambodia, Pakistan, Laos, East Timor usually for a week or so at a time but only before the baby came along. It will be tough for her, probably tougher than it will be on me since I  will have the wee man to keep me busy. My wife took the baby to her parents for a week when she was off on maternity, A move I fully supported, ut I missed them both very much so I wil kn ow how she feels but I don't know how I'm going to feel.
I have no family here to help me out. They are across the water in another land. My wife has a brother near by but he has a young family and will hardly be able to help out except in an emergency. So there will be no-one to drop by, no granny to see if all is well, no brothers or sisters. No friends are available this week either so I'm on my own.
It's going to be interesting. I might find it a breeze or I might not. We are about to find out.