Smooth Sailing

This is the time of year I wondered about. This last fall was peppered with all things kid. The family all got together over Labor Day weekend for Parent's Weekend. Then my daughter stayed around for a few more weeks before she had to go back to school. She popped back home a few weeks later, in town for her old job (she got to spend the weekend playing and watching folks set off rockets).

Then there was Thanksgiving...and the Holidays. But now they're gone.

We won't see our kids again until mid-March.

We are, after all, empty nesters! And, it's okay. I'm setteling into a routine. The lot is pretty well finished for the winter--yes I know, I've said that before, but this time I really mean it. All the random piles of dirt are gone--smoothed out, one with the landscape. Now I'm writing.

Of all the different jobs I've had--and I've had many--I think my favorite is writing. It's practically addicting. I have a goal to write at least 4 hours a day, and that's not difficult.

I'd have to say, at least for now, this empty nester gig is smooth sailing.