Narrated by Gerard
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We are currently enjoying being empty nesters. I never thought that having this big house would be too much for Emmy and I . We have talked about downsizing to a smaller house. I am not opposed to it but being the CEO of a new hospital requires to uphold certain standards.
Besides the minute she has me convinced, we head out to the garden and she changes her mind. She loves being out there making sure everything is trimmed and weeded. I have offered to hire a gardener but she will not hear of it. She said that she needs something to do especially now that the kids are out of the house.
In the morning, I do not like to get up from out cozy bed to go to work. I snuggle up against Emmy and ask her if she can call in sick for me. She smiles and kisses me which leads to passionate morning sex. This morning right when we were done the doorbell rang. We were both surprised and quickly got dressed to see who it was.
To my surprise it was our kids. I asked them if everything was OK and they said the needed to talk to us. I was concerned and worried when Juliann said that. I saw Gerard Jr and felt a little more at ease. What ever it was, at least both of them were safe.
Imagine our shock when we heard that not one but both of our kids got expelled from school.
I was left with out words. I never would have thought that they were doing so poorly in school. Juliann started saying that they did not get the course work and that they were homesick. Gerard said he did not like the campus at all and wanted to come home and try something else. Really? Is this what Emmy and I worked so hard to raise? We raised two children to become irresponsible young adults?
Emmy was more calmer than I was. I was still trying to wrap my head around all of this. I heard her tell them that they could stay here but there had been some changes to their bedrooms. At some point we agreed for them to stay here and figure things out. I piped up that point and made sure both of them knew they needed to get jobs. After all if college was not for them then a job was!
They were surprised to find out that Gerard's Jr's room had been turned into a fitness room. His bed was in storage but he needed to make space for the machines in the room as well as his bed. He was OK with that. I could tell he felt defeated.
Juliann lucked out because we had agreed to leave her room as a guest room. She loved her new space.
I thought for sure Emmy was going to coddle the twins. When they went to look at their rooms she looked at me and told me we had a serious problem. I agreed with her. We did not want the twins being dependent on us forever. We both agreed that we would charge them rent. Emmy smiled because she said it was going to be a rude awakening when they figured out that they need a college degree to make a decent living. I smiled at my wife and promised her that the nest would soon be ours again.
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