Things I Can Now Do Which I Couldn't Do Last Year

Ok - I can eat toast for three meals a day. I can, if I decide to cook (which is extremely rare) eat my dinner right out of the pot that I cooked it in - save's on washing dishes (and water)!! (This is a very exciting development in my life and I have absolutely no idea why I didn't start doing this YEARS ago! (I mean can you imagine the ease of clean-up after family dinners!)).

I can also eat yogurt right out of the container. I live with a dog and a cat - who cares??! And if I really wanted to - I could drink the soy milk right out of the box!

You just don't do these things when you have kids in the house - these are the perks of the empty nest!

Let's see - what else... hmmmm. Ok, it's always my turn to decide what movie to watch, it's always my turn to use the computer!

And money - I swear someone is putting money in my wallet while I sleep... Life is so inexpensive all of a sudden with no one asking for ten bucks for this, twenty bucks for that, three hundred dollars for a ski trip, eighty bucks for runners... I could buy a new pair of shoes every week if I wanted to (omg - come to mama... you are so so cute! Do you have this in red too? And wrap up that little black patten number with the cute little kitten heel to keep them company...)

Ok, the adjustment is quite weird, and though I can't say I'm sad, exactly, at times I am a little lost.

But it's not a bad thing, this adjustment, it's just a little confusing at times. It's like losing your place in War and Peace, and trying to find it again 20 years later.

Life's a funny thing. It's a full thing, and nothing is left out. It's never boring, and you never really get used to it - but a journey well worth taking.

Ok - well, I'm off to day dream about what life will be like when I am a grandmother ;o)