What do you do when you're home alone?

[mountainchick]

That's my kinda marriage

Hahahaha. It's nice, though I do sometimes miss him! I end up talking to the cats a lot which I can't decide is crazy or normal...

My husband is in the Navy and I get used to not having him around. This winter we're taking our first vacation together, it'll be weird flying with him instead of flying to him.

[nomummytummy]

I have not been home alone for months. And when I am, it's usually only for an hour or two on a weekend afternoon....

Ditto but I do have a fantasy that involves DH & 3 boys going away for 4 days. Day 1, I get to clean the house from top to bottom. Noone around to mess up where I have just tidied. Change sheets to white ones, have a bath & get into bed early with a good book. Day 2 - wake up, lie in bed realise I am alone in house. Feel the cleanness all around me. Bliss. Get up go to kitchen to make coffee - wow it's still clean from yesterday.

Spend next 3 days enjoying tidy quiet home, eating when & what I want - you know how sop is a meal for a woman, but not for a man. Just that kind of thing.

i am however confused about how this became my fantasy. When did raunchy get replaced with tidy????

[Bklynmom]

I realize that with 2 boys and one husband, I'm only alone during the day when I'm supposed to be working, or riding the bike.

I would love an evening alone -- and I would buy a big stack of mystery books, order sushi and buy a really good bottle of white wine and drink one glass (OK maybe 2) and do nothing but read.

Sign me up!

[Zen]

i am however confused about how this became my fantasy. When did raunchy get replaced with tidy????

let me introduce you to the UPS Man/Boy

[emily_in_nc]

So I am home alone until Thanksgiving day, when I'll join DH down at our boat for the long Thanksgiving holiday. I miss him already, but I'm having a pleasant evening, hanging out online and watching TV (Lisa Williams: Life Among the Dead on Lifetime, fascinating...if you're into psychic stuff, check it out!)

It's going to be a long few days, but at least we can talk on the phone. I'm sure I'll keep busy. Already have a long list of everything I need/want to do this weekend.

Emily

[nomummytummy]

let me introduce you to the UPS Man/Boy

so Zen does he have nice biceps from lifting all those packages?

[Pax]

My honey just started a her new job as a department head so she'll be home all the time now. Before this she traveled every other week for four days. I enjoyed the alone time and I ate "bad" food (she's a health NUT so no bad food in the house), I read, played on the internet, watched old movies that she doesn't care for...

I'm glad to have her home all the time now so we can have a more normal life, although I did enjoy it when she went to her moms overnight last week.

[HoosierGiant]

My husband is a freelance writer who works from home; our daughters are homeschooled. Time alone?! What's that?? No wonder I resorted to long-distance cycling! (And even then, DH is along for the ride at least several times a week.) But, I wouldn't change it for the world!

The rare "home alone" time includes loud music and cleaning, cleaning, cleaning.

[deedolce]

UGH, cleaning!

I play with my lapidary stuff - listen to music and dance around the house, build a fire in the woodburning stove. Drink tea, check out my forums. Sometimes sew or knit or read.

My kids are in and out (they moved out, but I'm the way station in many ways!)

[shootingstar]

Today I'm alone for most of the day. My partner took off by bike (then ferry) to Vancouver Island to chair a provincial cycling advocacy meeting. He won't be back until 8:00 pm tonight or so.

So I cycled 40 kms. solo ...and then did some minor grocery shopping. Oh those goat cheeses hit my wallet... Relaxed and had a rosemary foccacia bread slice and coffee there. Cycled home in rain.

Been here at computer after hot shower.

Life is just normal when he's not around...just as normal when he is around at home. When he is around, on weekends, we are cycling together often.

[Starfish]

i am however confused about how this became my fantasy. When did raunchy get replaced with tidy????

Hey, who says they have to be mutually exclusive? Maybe you need to tweak your fantasy!