Ohmystinkinheck

Mr. OMSH and I are having a QUIET, lazy morning. I’m popping off some Saturday morning emails and settling down to an hour’s work of design, while Mr. OMSH is on the front porch chillin’.

You might notice there’s been no mention of these scallywags this morning.

As Kenny used to lead off conversations, “Dat’s cuz…”

…they are safely tucked into the home of their Gram and Poppy for a week’s vacation away from Daddy and Momma.

Yesterday I was a weepy wreck. Today I’m doing much better. Okay, I’ll admit it - I’m doing a little bit better (”much better” would be a gross exaggeration).

I know they’ll have an amazing time and come home spoiled rotten - having had chocolate milk and Rice Krispy treats for breakfast every morning - that’s what grandparents are for after all.

I miss them.
I missed them 5 minutes after they left.
I worried about them the whole drive there until I talked to them at midnight and knew they had arrived safely.

I wonder how well I’ll do when my nest is truly empty.

26 Responses to “Morning has broken.”

1. Mr. OMSH

   When the nest is truly empty, we’ll be anxious for grandkids…so we can buy gallons of chocolate milk and mounds of rice crispy treats…

2. OMSH

   Mr. OMSH - So true, so true.

3. Kim

   I timed it so my youngest child and oldest grandchild are stair stepped. When my nest is truly empty, I’ll be kicking up my wheels in the old folks barnyard. :}

4. Sue at eLuckypacket

   A few days … all to yourselves?! SWEET!

5. Natalie

   Wow… I am speechless. No children for a week? I would be like you… weepy. And I can’t even imagine how things would progress from there! I’ll be back, out of curiosity. What a fascinating situation! Though, I am not beyond wondering if there couldn’t be some opportunities for something… hmmm…

6. Loralee

   I worry about my empty nest all the time. That is one reason I am spacing my kids out big time.

7. Kate

   I hear ya. It’s such a battle between letting them grow up and go out into the world and wanting to keep them tucked under your skirts, so to speak. When you’ve been part of every single day of their lives, it’s hard to miss a few. But, I believe, a little time apart makes us better mommies. And give us some alone time with the daddies.

8. Bri

   My parents used to ship my sister and I to grandma’s for a week too. I have the best memories of my grandparents from that time.

9. Janie

   ONE of the reasons we grandparents take the grandchildren for a week is to give you a vacation. Enjoy it and remember……they know what they’re doing and your children will be safe and loved. The other reason is so we Grands can have an excuse to have chocolate milk and Rice Krispy treats for breakfast. :)

10. Rebecca

    Hugs… ENJOY as much as you can. :)

11. d-ann

    Your kids will thank you for the experience :) I remember spending two weeks with friends while my parents travel every few years. it was great until I had to babysit all the monsters while the went on a cruise.(did I mention 3 of them had chicken pox)

12. Angella

    I know it is hard - when we left for Mexico for a week I was pretty weepy.

    But the break was good for all of us.

    I think the empty nest thing might be a little (OK, A LOT) harder.

13. Mrs. Wilson

    Oh man, I hate it when my kids leave! We still have not left Liliana overnight, and I’m not looking forward to the time when we have to do that.

    I hope you have an amazing week with your Mr. OMSH though!

14. Mrs. Wilson

    ps. did you know that there are some SWEET things you can do when there’s no kids in the house … and it’s just you and the Mr …

15. Mom24

    I hope you have a good week. It’s amazing how hard it can be, isn’t it? As to when the nest is truly empty, it will be hard! When my oldest went to college, I cried and cried and cried. I can vividly remember holding his baby brother in my arms, rocking him to sleep over my very pregnant belly, with tears just streaming down my face I missed his older brother so much. It is hard, but at least you’ve got a few years left. Now that my second will be going off in just two short years, I already start to cry about it from time to time. By the time numbers three and four go off, I’ll be a basket case.

16. Haley

    I’m about to be 28, my brother is about to be 24. Mom admits that some days are very hard on her as far as an empty nest goes. Especially since I live out of state and we only get face to face time about 3 or 4 times a year.

    Phone calls help, emails help, and even to this day I still let my Mom mom (that is a verb there, to mom).

    Most of the time, now that they have been empty nesters for several years Mom and Dad LOVE being back to the two of them.

17. Mrs. G.

    Speaking from experience, I’m going to guess that you will have the hang of this alone with husband thing down by Tuesday…it gets easier with time. Enjoy.

18. naomi

    from the time boy was little and even now that he’s 16, having him gone from the house is nearly like having a limb gone. both bran and i miss him terribly and are always happy to have him home. i’ve already told him that he’s welcome to live with us as long as he likes (and i mean it) and that where ever his dad and i are is his home. he likes that.

19. MMM

    The good news is that your nest won’t empty at the same time, and Em should be bringing home grandbabies by the time Kenny is ready to leave. At least that’s what I tell myself with MY girls.

20. Peggy

    Just when you start to get used to it, they’ll be back ;)

21. nursebettylboop

    I believe that’s the reason there is 21 years between me and my youngest sister. Mom hates the quiet!

    I hope you have a wonderful week, just the 2 of you!!!

22. Nina

    Oh! Look how precious they are! Enjoy your week. I’m sure they’ll enjoy theirs!

23. Mandy

    My sister and her kids were home for the weekend. They live about 600 miles away and we see eachother maybe once a year. My middle nephew grew so much I just burst into tears as soon as I saw them. I don’t even stick around anymore to watch them leave.I am so totally with you. If my kids went anywhere for a week I would be a teary mess. If they go somewhere to spend the night I sit around like “well, what do I do now?”

24. Stefani

    Well aren’t we the pair? I cried all the way home from Galveston, and kept right on crying nearly all weekend because I just couldn’t shake this thought - “how many more vacations do I have with them? How many before they don’t want to hang out with me, collecting beach treasures? How many before they are more interested in girls than kites? How may more summers do I get to cut open Flavor ice for them, and watch them Slip and Slide? How on earth am I going to breath when it’s all slipping by so fast?
    Good grief. I’m going to start crying again just thinking about it.

25. erin

    my daughter is only 14 months i am already stressing out. i just posted about this 2 days ago :)
    http://maggiemaeupdates.blogspot.com/2008/06/sweet-smell-offear.html

26. MT Nest

    As you can tell from my screen name - I’m an empty nester. It’s not nearly as bad as I thought it would be. We talk almost every day, and visit often. My husband and I have fallen in love all over again. I don’t have to cook, grocery bill is slashed in half, and there’s not as much cleaning and laundry. When we do get to see our kids, it’s time spent totally focused on them…and we’ve discovered they are some pretty wonderful ‘grown ups’. It’s like getting a pat on the back for all that hard work raising them. Oh, I still get weepy when it’s time to leave…but empty nest isn’t nearly as bad as I thought it would be.