It's not so much the having them move back home that's the problem (although I am going to miss having a guest room!). It's the not knowing how long they're staying (so, not knowing how settled we need to get them). I NEED A PLAN, PEOPLE!!! Yeah, it might be starting to get to me.
This Week I'm:
Listening To: Still On Beauty. Must say, now that we're shoulder deep into an infidelity story line, I'm not loving it as much.
Reading: Well, Bout of Books was a bust. I did finish Some Luck but have hardly made a dent in The Likeness. I thought it was going to be a quiet week with a lot of alone time. I was wrong.
Making: We kept it pretty simple this week since I was never sure how many I was cooking for any night - one, two, or three. Today, though, I took advantage of zucchini a coworker brought in to make a couple of loaves of zucchini bread and a batch of savory zucchini bars.
Planning: This week continue to be about putting things in order and doing some rearranging so we are ready when Miss H's furniture comes home. And trying to find a home for that sectional which is still piled up in my living room.
Grateful for: Good news for my mom this week, health wise. A girl worries about her mommy, you know?
Enjoying: Alcohol, not gonna lie. A glass of wine here, a bottle of beer there, a cocktail now and then. It's keeping me from going crazy with all of this upheaval!
Feeling: Like I need a girls night. Yeah, I know I just had book club this week but I need my besties - we haven't all been together in much too long.
Looking forward to: This! Thirteen days and counting!
Good luck with getting your kids home again. I can understand your need for a plan. LOL
ReplyDeleteTake care and have a good week. Oh, and happy that your Mom got good news. Hope you enjoy The Likeness!
I'll no sooner get them both settled back here and then they'll be ready to head back out again. Although it's much easier to take the stuff back out of the house then to stuff it back in!
DeleteI hope your children's stay will be a just long enough for comfort and not too long to wear on everyone's nerves. I am glad the news was good about your mom's health. Oh, I love zucchini bread! It's been ages since I had any.
ReplyDeleteI hope you have a great week! I'm relieved swim lessons are over for the summer. We can settle back into a more normal schedule now.
Oh, I love that first sentence! I do enjoy having them both around - love my kids as adults - but I need them to be settled!
DeleteI'm like you. No matter how much I love my folks and family, I like having a plan too or else I'll feel cluttered. I missed the readathon but I don't think I could have done it anyways. I find that I do better with shorter readathons than the wee-long ones.
ReplyDeleteI always think I'll be able to surely squeeze a lot of reading time in during a whole week but it never works out that way!
DeleteEek! Just when you get everyone out of the house, they come back. I can understand why you might be a little stressed by it all. Hopefully, this is a temporary arrangement, and you can get back to empty-nesting it sooner rather than later.
ReplyDeleteHave a great week!
This will be temporary for both of them. Really short term - a couple of months at most. Of course, that means everything stays in temporary status without really finding anything a home.
DeleteMy younger daughter, aged 20, recently moved back home as well. We still have the guest room though, as the other two remain out there! Plans are good, but not always coherent at this stage.
ReplyDeleteWe're going to Italy in the fall so I've been experimenting with limoncello cocktails--quite a fun way to end the weekend on the deck!
Enjoy the dog days of summer and happy reading!
Limoncello cocktails? I think I need one of those! Maybe I'll hop in the car and head your way!
DeleteIf I was close to you, I'd take you out for a drink. Moving makes me crazy and there is always someone in your house moving in or out! Crazy!
ReplyDeleteThere is lately! In the past 10 months both of them have moved out and back in again! Mini-him could be leaving any time between next week and three months from now. Miss H might be fully moved home any time between next week and then end of October...and no idea how long she'll stay. I'm having a revolving door installed!
DeleteI think I must have missed the news of Miss H moving back in while I was taking a bit of a blog break over the past month. Now that I'm a bit older, I realize how it must have been for my mom when I moved back home after college. She was always good humored about it, but I think she would have preferred I had a plan, too. ;)
ReplyDeleteAlcohol. Oh how I miss thee. LOL! I'll be grateful when I can have my nightly glass again... And glad your mom is doing well!
I had just gotten used to the idea that if I had to run downstairs in the morning to grab a pair of slacks, I could do it in my undies and now I have to grab a robe again! But I do love getting to have more of their time - I appreciate it although I wish it were easier to settle them back in.
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