It's a big transition, but one you seem to have been ready for and I am happy for you. You've done a great job with your kids, had yourself a reasonably great job these past few years, and now are realising another one of your major goals! Congratulations!

I still miss my kids being around the house, BUT I wouldn't want them in it all of the time, anymore, either. I've come to treasure my quiet/alone time.

Three years ago we put everything in storage and lived with our daughter for two years, then bought a small house in Colorado. Got everything from storage, had fun unpacking and arranging some, but a LOT of it is still in boxes, a shed, a caravan, and the old panel van.:-)

It has taken a year of having our stuff here for us to be ready to actually go through the bulk of it and decide what to do with most of it. Rog plans to take some comp time and spend a week with me going through it and working on the house, too. In a way I like having stuff stored away. It's a lot of fun to go through it, and realise what I'd forgotten we had!

As a friend of mine reminds me, "remember to BREATH," give yourself plenty of time to get used to this newness, and have patience with yourself.

luvyakatanother50'erthisyear!