Oopsie!! lol I should know better and need to start remembering to use he/she, etc. :~)
because I didn't express those thoughts well enough that's just what happened. Golly, it was perfectly clear to me. ;-)
That has been my defense of you from the start. I do the same thing myself. It takes me a little bit to post here because I check, double-check and sometimes triple-check (depending on how agitated I am!) what I'm about to post to make sure I'm not being unintentionally offensive or unclear in what I mean to say.
See, I took what you said different from Theophilus. It didn't sound like you were referring to the chipping at all. To me, it sounded like you were saying you were going to be glad when your kids were out of the house! lol
Wow! The double whammy! I guess one-liners can work sometimes, but this time not so much. :-)
Actually, I will be happy when my youngest has left the nest if it means she is gainfully employed in a job she loves and is able to support herself and be a good, productive citizen.
It was tough when my son drove away to move to Ohio (from Texas) for his first job after college 3 years ago. He has done well and I am very proud of him, but I sure miss having him around. His going to college in Oklahoma helped prepare us for that, though. Far enough away that he could only come home a few times during the school year (and summers) but close enough for us to get there in a few hours, if necessary.
The same will probably happen with my daughter, but at least with the two professions she's interested in (so far) she could probably stay in the local area during college and after. And that would be great, too.