So Not an Empty Nester!
Something unexpected has happened in my little house.
Most of the family left yesterday for Oklahoma. Child #3 is going beach camping with family friends for a few days (fingers crossed for no bee incidents!).
All this means....
I am all alone in the house for FOUR WHOLE DAYS!
I cannot even remember the last time this happened.
Will I experience empty-nest syndrome?
N-O spells no!
I will clean my house. Once. I will turn off ESPN and the Disney channel and XBox.
Then, Dorothy the dog curled up at my side, I will rock gently in my favorite chair, and read JULIET, NAKED by Nick Hornby.*
I will experience quiet-uncluttered nest syndrome. :)
* I'm sure I'll do a lot more than read over the course of four days. But all will be done in peace and quiet.
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Ah...the sound of a quiet house.
ReplyDeleteI did have a wake-up call this summer. Son went off for two-weeks of sleepaway camp, the longest he's been gone. The no-schedule, all the writing-reading-exercise time in the world, date nights with my husband--all that was great. But...by the end of the two weeks, it was getting obvious that--when he moves out in a few years--I will need to add something else to my life. I was burning out on all those hours of JUST writing and working (with the other tidbits thrown in). I'm thinking drum lessons.
Enjoy your not-so-cluttered nest!!
ReplyDeleteBecky, you are hilarious!!
ReplyDeleteTeresa, I am doing my best. ;)
Sounds like time for yourself. Good moments.
ReplyDeleteI had an empty house for 2 weeks in June. The first week was productive but the second week was lonely. 4 days sounds perfect. Enjoy!
ReplyDeleteWow! What a great time to read a book! Enjoy your solitude.
ReplyDeleteI am sooo happy for you. Enjoy your solitude. I'm sure as a parent of (uhh, how many kids do you have again?) that it doesn't happen very often.
ReplyDeleteI'm catching you on the tail end of your quiet little vacation--hope you truly relished it!
ReplyDeletei'd catch up on lost ZZZZZZZzzzzzzs ;) lol
ReplyDeleteenjoy it! :)