Mama Drama   8 1/2   by min, who has an over abundance of
ambition  I’ve come to a conclusion about empty nesting. It is
the number one cause of ADD amongst older Americans. Except that
in people over the age of fifty ADD is called senility and it is
a direct result of the children leaving home.  When my kids
began packing up their bags for the trek to college, I cried
naturally, but something deep inside my brain was doing a little
happy dance (I’m told this is normal, it’s perfectly alright and
it doesn’t mean I hate my children….necessarily).  I began
making mental lists. Lists of all the things that I used to do
as well as all the things that I always wanted to do. I would
have ‘time’ again and the gears in my brain were chomping at the
bit to incorporate these things into my life.  I think that I
had maybe about 63 projects planned that I could start on right
away.  I started all of them the day my kids left for school. I
had about eight and a half minutes to devote to each project
each day. I found I co