Empty nesting
Well not permanently. We just drove yesterday at the crack of dawn to leave our boys in the ever-capable hands of our friends at Camp Hilltop in upstate NY for two weeks. The house here at the farm is definitely a quieter place than it was for the the first part of the summer, though I have to say that having the space to ourselves is less of a shock than it was the last time Sam and Max went to camp together a few years ago.
Amongst the small benefits of being temporarily childless is the complete lack of compliance with any sort of dietary discipline. To wit: last night we went down into the TV room much earlier (we normally collapse and drool on the couch once the boys are in bed themselves) and for all intents and purposes had cheesecake for dinner while catching up on DVRed episodes of True Blood. Just a touch hedonistic and I love it. Not having to worry about feeding my kids for lunch today (that would be Scott, Ann, and Melissa’s problem in the short term!), Jen picked up store-made sandwiches and I wolfed mine down on the run, in between breedings (yes, I washed my hands) at the Arena. Tonight there’s even talk of beers and burgers at the Harpoon brewery up in Windsor. So while we miss our kids, somehow I think we just might pull through until they get back home…
The good news is that as the boys grow and begin to roam further afield for longer you have the opportunity to get used to the empty nest gradually – and so by the time they are gone for months at a time, you will have adjusted to the joys of being alone together again, but with the extra depth to your life of having two boys who will always be connected to you – they never truly leave!
OH YEAH! Sounds heavenly. And it will be equally great when they come home again.
I knew there was something about you guys beyond the alpaca connection that we liked…fellow True Blood fans!
Tracey have you read the books? As great as the show is the books are even more self-indulgent fun! Definitely a guilty pleasure…