When does the party start?

Empty Nester: a parent whose children have grown up and left home. I’ve been thinking about these days for almost half of my life. The day when my little baby girl would grow up, go off to college and move out. I still joke to family and close friends that I hoped they saved money for bail, because I’m going to go crazy with all of the freedom! The story is one I’m sure many of you know and have probably even lived through, or know someone in the same situation. Fell for my high school sweetheart. Got engaged, got pregnant, got married… Got divorced. :/ I was a divorced single mother, before I was even legally allowed to buy/drink alcohol! I wouldn’t say my life was horrible or that I had to do everything on my own. I have a very good family and they helped where they could, but ultimately, she was my daughter and I had made choices in life and I had to grow up and take care of the consequences that came from those choices. It is what it is… Well, my kid hasn’t been gone all too long and she even came home for the weekend to celebrate her birthday. So it’s not like she’s been gone for months and I’ve been sitting here doing nothing. But in all honesty, it’s almost exactly like that! I haven’t been to parties, or on dates, or any crazy adventures, but I did sleep in until after 1pm a couple days on the weekends. I did stay awake all night long! Ok, so it was immersed into a book, but it was a good book! So what am I doing here? Well. I need an outlet. A place to put down some thoughts, ideas and make myself get off my lazy butt, and have some adult fun. Oh, and get healthy. Maybe date a little. But for tonight, since it’s already getting late, the plan is to run a nice hot bath in my big garden tub, climb in with a good book (please don’t let me drop my Kindle) and then when the water turns lukewarm, I’ll climb into bed, the 2 dogs will crowd me to the edge (I’ve only actually rolled off the bed once because of this) and I’ll read until I finally pass out. If I finish the book, I may just turn on the TV. Maybe there’s something interesting on Netflix, or Amazon Prime, or Hulu… Boy, am I living the life! Maybe I just need a few weeks of sleep to catch up on all of the sleep I didn’t get for YEARS! 