Well, my nest has been empty for a week now, since my youngest went off at the weekend. I work from home and because a project had a deadline moved drastically forward, owing to someone else's miscommunication, I have had to cancel pretty well everything else apart from work. So I am not seeing anyone from my husband leaving at 6.20am and returning at 7pm.
I can't wait for the work to be done so I can start to fill in coffee and dog walks with friends to make it all a bit less isolated. The time from about 4.45 until 7pm is hard as that's when my daughter would be home and although she would usually incarcerate herself in her room and grunt at me, at least she was there.
As soon as the work is handed in I am going to feel happier with a more balanced week.
She is happy, though, making friends and throwing herself into it all. She got into the course she longed to do, so that makes me happy for her and it helps.
As Oldie says, chances are one of mine might drift home. He wants to do a law conversion course in the City and we are working out whether rent to live in London would be more or less than the exorbitant rail fare from here plus free board and lodgings. Not much of a social life, though.