We really don't like that "empty nester" label so we are not going to use it here.
Do we miss them and love the kids? Of course! We enjoy each and every phone call or email. We still discuss them all the time.
We find that having the pets back home provides a needed transition of having someone to do something for. Which need is rapidly diminishing ... especially as the cat decided to express her displeasure with my timing adjustment of her early-morning routine by squatting on the carpet in front of us. She then discovered just how accurately Tom can throw his glasses (thank heavens the coffee cup wasn't the closest thing to him!). We later saw her peering around the corner from Rose's door and even her much-loved canned cat food isn't luring her out.
I also have discovered that when I clean off the hearth or table in the back room ... it stays cleaned off! It's like magic!
It is a funny thing to feel that one has so much more free time because the kids are largely self-sufficient when at home. They drive themselves places, do their own errands (for the most part), and such like.
I will say that, at least in these first few days, it's like a second honeymoon. Quite wonderful to have all this time with one's spouse ...
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