in the blink of an eye (well, in the space of a long weekend), the grocery shopping list, and the house, have changed. Some changes are permanent: I no longer need ensure that we have copious amounts of Romaine lettuce and celery for Venerable Cavy, and the kitchen seems particularly spacious without the guinea pig habitat. Some changes are temporary (although they will revert only briefly on occasion): it is currently unnecessary to purchase apples by the ginormous bagful or an extra roast chicken for Offspring the Second; there is less need for laundry detergent, and we need not take the slightly long trip cross-town to purchase drumsticks.
The house is suddenly giant and ever so quiet.
Alas.
I am looking forward to Christmas time, when I will need to put an entire pork roast into the crock pot for Offspring the Second, and will have to stock the larder with the whole-wheat pasta that Offspring the First prefers. To have the house be full again -- and noisy -- will be a marvelous, albeit brief, occasion.
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