Sunday dinner at the house!

So we get home from church and I begin the preparations for a nice Roast Beef. I pan sear it, a roast onions, bake the potatoes...you know the works. As I am putting said roast into the oven, my dearly beloved says....."I really need to go into work today" trying to hide my disappointment I say "okay, I understand" thinking times are tight and everyone is laying off, I really should be thankful that:
1) He has a job to go into and
2) He is so crucial to the product that he needs to be there on a Sunday afternoon.

Flash forward, hours later...the roast is done, the mini mook is still sleeping, the moderate mook is up at a friends house, and the major mook is outside riding bikes with a friend.....So there I sit, A-L-O-N-E at a fully set table...now I could be sad (I was), I could be lonely (I was), but as I poured myself a glass of wine and enjoyed my meal...no one asked me for milk, nobody asked me to cut their meat, nobody fought over who had the special chair last time. Ahhh Peace AND quiet, at the same meal. Ya, I coulda been sad that I did all that work for a nice family meal, and it didn't happen...but instead I sat, I ate, I sipped my wine. For the first time in I don't know how many years I ATE...my whole meal without getting up once and without speaking to anyone. It was nice...but it was lonely too.

But as my mother used to say every cloud has a silver lining........ now I don't have to plan a meal for tomorrow..BONUS!!!!