I come home to an empty house and to try to keep my mind off being alone I read about others going through this and it helps me knowing I'm not the only one. I chat with a friend online and put the TV on in the background so it sounds like their is noise in the house as if the kids were here. So far I am getting away with that.

I find projects around the house that take alot of time. (I swear, If I weren't so unorganized, I'd be a perfectionist) I recently touched up the white wood work with a very small paint brush. It took days! I generally like to save those projects for a Friday or Saturday night. That way I don't feel like such a loser, for being in bed by 8:00 pm.

I also turn on the TV in the background, can't remember the last time i just sat in front of it though. I clean house a lot. Some satisfaction in knowing mine is clean when the kids are here, and knowing they go back to a mess. They've already commented more than once. Somehow I was led to believe it was my fault, hmmmmmmmm??????? DS has occupied a lot of my time in a great way. But I would like to hear a clever answer here as well. Can't dirty much by myself, to clean.

I like to pray, and find myself singing His praises all through out the day, and I got a dog, to take for walks and go to the petstore with her and things like that...Cheryl :)

Music helps me. I'm not a fan of tv cause of all the mushie stuff, so I have a cd, or now, an Ipod playlist and I listen to that. Also a pet. I have two cats, with dog personalities. They meet me at the door, sit with me while I read, and one of them actually plays fetch (no lie). You have to find things to do, but don't make yourself so busy that if you need to deal with stuff, you ignore it. You can do it!!

I have dived in to work and try to keep myself as busy as possible. I come to this board and chat with friends.

The hardest times are at night when I am alone and my mind starts racing. I hug my pillow and pretend that it is her. I cry a lot now too.

It took a long time for me to be okay with being "alone". It takes time for that word to not mean "lonely". I kept myself busy and also got a dog. It was hard to come home to an empty house. Sometimes I would go window shopping without my wallet just for something to do. I also rented ALOT of movies and was on this site too.

I've been seperated since June and finally now I enjoy being alone.