Suddenly, I can’t stand to leave the house.  It’s not that I’m afraid of the sun or terrified of crowds or anything like that.  I just suddenly have the deepest sense of peace and contentment in my own home.  You’d think I just had a baby, but actually, it’s the exact opposite.  My kids have flown the nest, and my husband works all day.  Now the clean house stays clean.  I can sit out back and enjoy the pool, approach the grill island with something other than intense stress in a rush to get the dinner on the table, and I can light up the out door fireplace so that when my husband does get home, we can lounge outside in the out door kitchen.  I can grab a bottle of red and we can sit and sip and eat all night long.  Because of this, for the first time in 25 years I really want to give up my job.  I felt it was such a necessary part of maintaining balance while we were raising the kids, but now, I’m done.  Maybe I should just up and retire, or maybe I could do some work from home projects on the internet.  Whatever I do, I think I’m done with being a secretary.

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