After 16 years of homeschooling, I have closed my school -- I am out of students! One is 6.5 hours away at school and the other will be only an hour away (and dorming).
I thought I would nip ENS in the bud by taking classes to get my teacher certification and getting a teaching job in Fall. I finished my classes, passed my teacher certification exams, and haven't had a job offer, yet.
16 years and 2 honor students don't seem to mean much to public school administrators. So...I've gone through my quilting stash, have organized my UFOs, and I am going to quilt (instead of just dabble in quilting and read about other quilters' projects). I'm also going to sign up to substitute teach (and use my money to go to the Houston Quilt Show and then I'm going to buy a KAYAK so I can go kayaking with my DH!)
My antidote for ENS, don't let the nest stay empty. Fill the nest with things that are important to you!