I was in the grocery store parking lot last Saturday afternoon at 5, listening to the kids argue about what movie they wanted to watch that night and thinking about how I needed to get home and make dinner so we could eat on time. I watched two young women walk out of the store, carrying their coffees (our grocery has a Starbucks inside), and chatting away. I imagined they were discussing their plans for the evening and I realized that I couldn't remember what my husband and I did on Saturday nights before we had kids. Sad, right? I tried to think about how different my Saturday would have been if there were no kids in the picture- what we'd do all day and, more importantly, how late we'd sleep in. Isn't there a country song to that effect? Anyhow, it's not that I wish we didn't have the kids, but more of just wondering what life would be like without them. I wonder how many other people feel the same way. Remember way back when, before kids were in the picture, and you (ok, I!) naively thought things wouldn't really change once there were kids? I'd just have this cute little kid to tote around with me, who would automatically eat when we did and be content to follow us around all day doing what we wanted to do. Of course then you have a kid and realize this isn't the case. Maybe when they get a bit older they'll be happy to do that. Or, eventually, we can just leave them home or they'll be off doing their own thing. Is it too early to plan for an empty nest?