Well it has been a few months since everyone has started their new lives. I can't believe how fast time has gone. And so far I haven't been on the couch sitting in the fetus position crying. Now, don't get me wrong, I miss everyone terribly, but I am starting to realize, it will never be the same. Even when they come home, the dynamics are different.
It does help that we see at least one child a weekend. And I do talk to them (okay the girls) a lot (my son feels that talking for 30 seconds once or twice a week should be enough. Glad to see things haven't changed with him)! This is nice since we can focus our attention on them each individually.
Okay, so the biggest change in these past three months...well that has been in the sink! Yea, the sink. No we didn't get a new one, even though it feels as if we did. I just have not seen it for the past 24 years. You see, it has been filled with dirty dishes at all times. Even when the rest of the house may have had a day when it was clean (okay, maybe not a day, but a few hours) I could never get caught up on the dishes. That dishwasher was always running trying to keep up with the demand. In fact, in the ten years we have lived here, we are already on our third dishwasher (if I did my math correctly, that means we have bought a new dishwasher every 3 1/3 years. Dishwashers have at least a 12 year life span according to consumer reports.
So the sink is white ceramic. Who knew. I have not seen the bottom in years. But with just me and the hubby living here and working during the day, there are not a lot of dishes that accumulate in one day. With the few days that I cook and my occasional baking, the dishwasher has not been neglected...but wow, I love coming home, walking in the kitchen and seeing our "new" kitchen sink!
