My kids decided to have pity on me, sorta. It's been non-stop kiddoes since I started having them, which one would expect when you have 5 children. Mostly they are grown up now, and all have started having their own kids. Wonderful! I love grandkids...but I wasn't expecting everyone to move back in, lol, which it seems most of them have done including their kids. To be honest, only 3 of my 5 kids have done that, and for the most part they have been considerate enough to take turns. Sometimes the turns overlap, or are separated by days. That's when it starts to get a lil rough.
What I guess I am complaining about is, I'm looking forward to the time when it's just my husband and I in the house. I hear about women sobbing about the "empty nest" syndrome, and I wonder what their problem is...lol...are they afraid to be alone with the husband they were so crazy about in the beginning and thought they would die if they didn't marry? It just seems being a family of two again sounds so wonderful, if I really get a chance to do it before I'm drooling and forgotten who I am, let alone who I married.
Trying to keep up with the kids and their problems can be a bit of a strain, and the drooling phase looks like it's looming ever closer to reality when things get really crazy.
I feel truly fortunate that my kids feel close enough that they can confide in me, want to be with me and I don't mind sharing their hardships if it makes things a little easier for them. Most of the time. But there has to come a time when Mom and Dad get a break too, and I guess I want it right now...at least for a while.
Selfish, huh?
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