Empty Nest!

Well, it's official! For the first time in 26 years we are just the two of us! As of last weekend, Gary and I became empty nesters! Justin and Marcus moved to a condo just 3 miles down the road. It's really weird rattling around in this big house with just the dog and the cat! They even seem to be a bit mopey! I miss my kids something terrible! Even though the boys only live a few miles away, and I talk to my girls nearly every day, I still hate it! I have been keeping myself busy by cleaning and organizing! Most houses have at least one or two junk drawers. But not our house! Every drawer and closet in our house has become a haven for junk! I am partially to blame, I am a sentimental sap! I save everything! So it is going to be really hard for me to let go of a lot of this good junk! One thing I am glad I did save is a lot of the kids toys! Just the good stuff, though, like the Brio blocks and train set, Legos (we have enough to build a full scale home) and play dishes, fake food, and dolls. I can't wait for Kaelin to play with these and a lot of other great toys the kids loved so much! Not to mention all of the new stuff we have bought during our wait!

Thank God this emptiness is only temporary! I have a feeling we will see a lot more of our kids once we bring our little Kaelin home. Yeah! A full house, again! This thought, alone, is what keeps me from going stark raving mad! Okay,okay, I admit it! I think I went stark raving mad when the wait for referrals hit the two year mark!