Ohhhh, MommaB...you certainly phrased it well. On Aug 14th we moved our youngest to Purdue for her junior year and on the 21st moved our middle daughter to her house at Butler Univ, in Indy for her final semester. By last Sunday evening, DH and I felt that the house was our own once more! I love my kids dearly when they are home and love them even more when they go back to school! We have raised our kids well (patting self on the back here) and are looking forward to the future. We have one married son, our senior DD will be married next June, and hopefully (one of these days) we will have grandchildren to spoil. I hope all of you who are empty-nesters for the first time are learning to enjoy it!