The sound of silence.......

I am alone....

really alone.

No one has been in this house but me,

for nearly nine whole days.

(What I am getting ready to write should not be misinterpreted as

meaning that I don't miss my "on a biz trip to China husband")

But I 

LOVE

the 

Sound 

of 

Silence!

The house heating system just came on,

it is the first sound,

 other than my typing,

that I have heard in many minutes.....

I love it!

I could be a professional "isolator"....

(ie; one who isolates from the world)

My everyday life involves lots of people.

Many people....

tons of personalities....

traffic....

hustling....

bustling.....

noise...

I don't mind it usually.

But let me tell you this....

the last couple of 

"snow days"

have been 

a 

God send!

I have caught up on reading....

I have watched my recorded shows....

I have done laundry....

I have re-covered dining room chair seats....

I have consumed vast quantities of coffee, in various forms...

I have eaten well, meaning healthily (yeah fiber!)

I have vacuumed, and the rug still is clean....

I have re-arranged the living room furniture 2 or 3 times

(it is back the way it was.....nearly perfect....smiles)

I have photographed a myriad of birds....

I have cleared snow and ice from cars....

I have written notes to friends...

(yeah, I still do snail mail too)

I have researched online various types of wedding vendors...

(daughter getting married in May)

And 

most of the time,

there has not been a single sound other than the 

occasional sound of birds at the feeders,

or children squealing as they run past....

The house creaks and groans a bit,

she is nearly 40 years old,

but we have grown accustomed to each other....

she knows what to expect of me,

and I, her....

I have slept like a ROCK.

Tomorrow evening,

it will all change.

I will go to the airport to retrieve loved ones,

and the silence will be broken.

That's ok.

But

 tonight

it will be quiet for just a bit more.....

smiles!