- You could eat dinner in front of the TV without worrying if you are damaging your daughter’s psyche.
- You can sleep past 8 am on a weekend morning.
- You only had to worry about entertaining / educating yourself on the weekends.
Guess what? Due to circumstances, I couldn’t accompany Hubby
and the Little One to the south for a family reunion. This is the first trip of
this length that separates me from my immediate family. Here I find myself home
alone. There is nothing that I need to do other than take care of my stuff and
some small household needs.
My feelings are complex about this whole experience. I miss
them and wish I was with them. I’m glad that they are adventuring out so that
the Little One can get to know that side of the family. This is a great bonding
opportunity between Hubby and our daughter. I am reveling in the fact that I
can have several nights of uninterrupted sleep.
Yet, I feel like I am at a loss. What is there to do? I
think I can understand the whole “empty nest” syndrome that I’ve heard about. I’m
about to state the obvious: Having children affects and changes your life so
dramatically. My relationship with my friends and my general social calendar
has changed dramatically as well. My social calendar has for the most part become
the same as my daughter’s. It’s quite amazing for you don’t realize it is
happening until you are given a moment to look at it (like I am now).
So, you may be wondering what I am going to do during this
brief period of “freedom” of mine. To tell you the truth, I am not sure. There is
some stuff that I do want to do around the house. I have a pile of books just
waiting to whisk me away. I do plan on getting together with some friends.
We shall see.
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