Home Alone

Someone is away on a business trip until Friday.
I am Home Alone until then. Don’t get me wrong, I miss him and feel the void that he is not here. However it does give me an opportunity to do a few things that normally I don’t do when we are together. Some examples;

eat tofu (which he doesn’t like).

Make macaroni and cheese nearly every night.

Turn off the TV and play CDs he doesn't care for. Examples include any of the ‘goddesses’ such as Enya and Loreena McKennitt, or operas like Peter Grimes.

Sleep in the guest room. We have a smaller bed in a smaller room, which feels more cozy when I have the place to myself.

Change the screensaver from tasteful photos of Northwest Pacific Artwork to photos of Jack Radcliffe! (Someone worries somebody will come to the house and be shocked therewith)

Practice the piano; meaning pieces that requires repetitive attempts. The going ‘over and over’ sections is a bit hard on the ears.

Fall asleep with a cassette tape playing. Garrison Keillor reading anything from Lake Wobegon puts me right to sleep; it would wake Someone up right away (conversely, he falls asleep to TV which jolts me to attention).

Count the days until he comes home.