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!
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