>>>empty nest
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>>>Mine will happen in June 2009.... Yes, I'm both looking forward to it and dreading it... :o)
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>>Yep. That about sums it up. Owning your own time is wonderful, but having your kid(s) gone is lousy.
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>>Tamar
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>Ours just started this August. So far we survive :)

The first couple of months after Nathaniel left, we spent a lot of time putting things away, getting the house to the level of neatness that we preferred. We also learned that we could talk to each other at 5, say "What's for dinner?" and decide to go out ... on a weeknight. :-)

Tamar