Today we are celebrating #3's birthday. He wanted to have some friends over for pizza, videos, etc. Easy enough.
It just feels weird to me that #2 is living out of state and won't be here (for the first time ever) to celebrate his birthday. #1 and his wife will be "visiting" for the party. Life is not the same! I'm starting to feel the inevitability of the empty nest creeping up on me.
I used to think that it would be great to have my house back.... I could finally have the whole house clean.... all at once! But it's the QUIET that I am not liking so much.
I have determined that I will have to keep myself busy. I have put off lots of projects and now is the perfect time to get to them. Here is what I am committing to getting done in the next six months:
1. Refinishing the headboard and desk in upstairs bedroom. I've come up with some ideas and I'm quite excited about it.
2. Conquering the Mother of all Cluttered Rooms; my storage room. I'm going to get rid of all the stuff I don't need or want and get things under control.
3. Starting up my health classes again. I have learned a lot about essential oils and green cleaning and non-toxic body care and I can't wait to share.
4. Catching up on my scrapbooks. Ever since I went digital, my scrapbooks have been pretty much ignored... about 10 years worth of photos to post.
5. Filling in the holes on my family tree. I have been putting this off for too long. And I really hear the call that it needs to be done.
Yes, life is looking quite different these days, but there is much to be done. And when I stop and think about all the things I want to accomplish, I can get excited about all the extra time and fewer distractions that are mine.
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