Winter Revelations or The Perks of Being Unaccompanied

My kids came home from school today at 10:30 a.m. due to a winter storm (see photo below), and since my driveway was slicker than snot on a sippy cup, we've been trapped at home ever since. If there's one thing I know, it's Southerners do not drive well in sleet, snow or freezing rain, and the only thing worse than being trapped indoors with three rowdy boys is being trapped in the car in a ditch on the side of the road with them.  Instead of that insanity,  they spent the afternoon alternating between video games and fighting, and I spent it alternating between ignoring them and hiding from them.  

This cold weather has been thought provoking, though.  As I was shivering at the bus stop waiting for the little darlings, I couldn't help but think how happy I was that I hadn't shaved my legs since Chris left.  If he was here, I would definitely have been colder, and I do not like to be cold. So his absence was actually a blessing in disguise on this one morning. 
 
That, of course, led to thoughts of all the other things I can do while he’s gone, and I realized I've been thinking about this year of separation in all the wrong ways. So I came up with a list of things that I can only do while my husband's out of the country.

1.  I can go all winter without shaving my legs.  No one's going to be brushing up against them, so I can keep my luscious locks until it's time to don a swimsuit. And I don't have to waste money on leggings.

2.  I can serve Chef Boyardee for dinner, and people will cheer.  Hooray for ravioli!

3.  I can have a Lifetime Movie marathon even if I don't want to.  More importantly, I don't have to watch a single movie where stuff blows up-- unless I want to.

4.  I can sleep in the middle of the bed and wrap up like a burrito in the blankets.  I haven't done it yet, but I might. Just. Because. I. Can.

5. I don't have to share the guacamole. It's mine, all mine. I really hate sharing my favorite things.

Now I feel positively liberated.  Granted, it's a short list, but I'm open to suggestions.  Leave me ideas on how I should take advantage of my year unaccompanied, and I will thank you by trying them out and writing about them.  Unless they're too weird.  I do have children to raise, you know.