Last evening I was home alone for several hours.
This doesn't happen to me much these days - a lot different from
the many years Bob traveled around the country, and sometimes
overseas, for his job.
After he retired from the company he returned almost
immediately and worked a further seven years as a consultant,
traveling even more. All in all, 53 years with the same company.
He'd still be there today if they'd have him - and I never, ever heard
him ever say he didn't like his job, or wish he didn't have to go
to work on any given day during that long career. Quite amazing!
My santos doll, now stripped of decoration as I try to become more of a
minimalist, but that's another story for another time.
While Bob was out attending the NCSU women's basketball game,
followed by pizza, with granddaughters, I'm not a sports fan at all,
I sat here listening to noises.
Yes, when alone in the quiet, my house makes noises.
First came a text from a neighbor advising me of uninvited garden
visitors enjoying a supper of my pansies! On opening the front
door I was stared down by three beautiful deer at the bottom
of the front steps, and they didn't want to leave. I had to go outside,
scold them, clap my hands, shoo them away, then chase them
across the lawn to the street where they stood quietly, still
staring back at me and probably thinking about returning as
soon as I went back into the house.
Note to myself: How did they ever get so big if these are
the same babies who enjoyed nibbling the sunflowers last summer?
After that I seemed to hear clicks, taps, groans, twigs falling on the
roof, the refrigerator humming, the heat cutting on then off, more text
notifications, and then a fox - or perhaps a dog - but a fox sounds more
romantic, barking at the moon. Did you see that moon last night?
So amazingly beautiful. Tonight it will be the biggest and brightest
Super Moon of 2019, called the Super Snow Moon.
Tonight it will be at its peak but in North Carolina, with possible
overnight freezing rain in the forecast, we may have heavy
cloud cover so may not have a good view like last night.
I played some music from Les Miserables - the stage version - to fill the void
and block out the odd sounds. When Bob's here in the evenings the TV is
usually on and the house is definitely not quiet.
Not too much later I heard Bob's car coming up the driveway.
He brought me two slices of pizza - I enjoyed one and will have the
other tonight.
It was a different kind of evening being here alone. It made me
realize how good it is to have someone else in the house, especially
at night when there are noises off!
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