Be careful what you wish for!  For the first time in a long, long time I have the house to myself.  It’s really quiet!  This coming from a woman who is used to mayhem in every day life.  Four kids adds up to a lot of chaos.  When they were all “officially ” living at home, things were busy.  Just their schedules were hard to keep up with; add in their personal drama and your talking eye of the storm.

During, what I like to call, “the college years” (this period extends well past graduation) there is an enormous amount of coming and going. They leave for short periods of time and come back — but with a plethora of stuff. Big stuff like bedroom sets, large screen TVs, and huge wardrobes you can’t believe they had the money for. (My oldest has more shoes now than I’ve had my entire married life.)  I do have one rule upon reentry to the homestead. — No bedding!  Bedbugs!  Ugh!

For today anyway I am alone.  My work-from-home son has gone to “the office”.  He fondly refers to me as his cube mate. (His cube is our kitchen table.)  My travel-the-world daughter is in Malaysia on business. And what we fondly refer to as the “B Team” is happily taking no prisoners at their colleges. Like I said — the house is quiet.

Enjoy it I will.  Next week is Thanksgiving.  Really? The official and un official occupants of the house will be back as well as 16 other friends and family members.  I haven’t done a thing to prepare yet —  not like me at all.  Usually my lists and sublists abound.  Better order the turkeys today.

Yes, for today it’s quiet.  But you know what they say about the eye of the storm — you don’t really know what to expect on the other side.