Good morning to all!

It’s been a few days, and I’m coming to the realization that part of my inability to write is where I’m at right now in teaching. I’m leaving for school between 6:45 am and 7:00 am most days. At my old job, I was able to write because I left at 7:30 am. Those 30 minutes make a difference! It was an “ah-ha” moment for sure! 🙂

Between that and having zero energy to do anything (this is a post that started last Sunday), I’m amazed that anything gets done! 🙂

#excusesexcuses

Well, maybe, but still *blowing raspberry*

Anyway, this past week is a perfect example of what empty nesting is all about:

Thursday: My wife gets a massage (I’ve finally got her to schedule these every month rather than getting one for her birthday/anniversary/holidays). While she’s coming home from that massage, I’m in at an implement dealer, helping to judge candidates for our local dairy princess. Why you might ask? Because I was asking if I was “busy” that night. Of course, I’m not “busy”, I’m not chasing kids around anymore.

Friday: We spend some quality time at our local Irish pub. It’s Friday night and they had live music, which is becoming more frequent! Shout out to the Green Door for making this happen in our little community! 🙂

Saturday: The Iowa Women’s Basketball Team played their first round game at 11:00 AM, so we called some friends and ended up in a local sports bar. We hadn’t seen them in a while, so there was a lot of catching up, a couple of drinks, and an amazing French Dip. Shout out to T-Bocks in Decorah for having such a great atmosphere!

Those three days sum up emptying nesting. Some days you see friends, some days you get to do cool things, and some days you just are doing weird stuff because people know your kids aren’t around anymore! None of it was bad and I wouldn’t change it for a thing, but sometimes, I’m just struck on how different our lives are than they were 10 years ago. In another 10 years, we’ll be in a completely different stage of live, and we’ll see where that takes us.

Right now, I wish my kids would call more and I wish we had closer friends, but if this is emptying nesting, I’m all for it! 🙂