Silence Is Golden
Now that Mel has a kick ass job at Target (hello employee discount), I've been coming home to an empty house in the afternoons. I have to say that I kind of like it too. Normally she has the TV going or music and she immediately starts talking about what she has seen on TV or what new website she discovered while surfing the Internet. I don't even have time to go to the bathroom before she starts talking my ear off. It's okay though, because I realize she has been at home bored all day just as I've been at work bored all day.
Yesterday though, I walked through the door and all I heard was the occasional churn of the freezer making new ice. Golden. I had time to unwind, go to the bathroom, change into my jammies, and just...breathe. Another day over with. One down, ten million more to go.
After all of the breathing and unwinding, I went upstairs and began cleaning the kitchen. I normally don't do this. I would normally continue up the stairs and into my bedroom where I'd flop on my bed and groan into my pillows begging to be put out of my misery. It was a nice change though. And nice to do everything so quietly.
I'm not saying that I would want this all the time, but every now and then it's just good to sit at home by yourself and be quiet without phones ringing, music playing, and others walking around looking at you like, "aren't you supposed to be doing something?"
Good 'ole quality "me time". Love it.