As we are still in the first week of 2006 I thought it might be appropriate to update on our current nesting situation. Well, surprise! It is empty, leaving just us love birds for now. Certainly my side of the nest is empty with Craig having moved out in November. Erin has been gone since last spring if I recall. It is a strange sensation and not at all traumatic as most people seem to think. I had several friends and relatives call me up and ask in very hushed tones, "how are you handling it?". What is to handle? Peace and quiet when we want it. Noisy when WE want it to be. D is particularly thrilled that he can grind coffee in the morning with alacrity! Whereas previously he was always concerned about waking Craig too early or on his day off. So now there are no restrictions. We have our privacy and don't have to worry about making anyone blush!
The only exception to our current empty nest is that D's girls come to visit every second weekend or so. It works out to be a welcome reminder so that we don't start taking our solitude for granted.
And with the solitude comes a little more time to reflect on life and I intend to attempt to do a better job with this journal. I have a new digital slr so my hope is to do a lot more in the way of photography, as soon as I figure out how to work all the settings of course.
And so the year begins.
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