The house is quiet on Monday/Wednesday when the kids go to school. The other days they do virtual at home. It reminds me of the days when they went to school (before homeschooling) and my SO was traveling nonstop and I was working from home. There’s a weird quiet to everything that I’m not used to anymore.
The calm after the garage goes down is lulling. I’ve never been one to put the TV on for background noise. Even music gets put aside for silence more often than not these days. I like silence I’ve found. It keeps me calm and calm isn’t a state that I exist in naturally. Silence has the power to slow down my brain. It’s probably why I like floating in water where the dull roar of silence is almost overwhelming as you look up at the sky.
Right now I’m going to use the silence to get some things done. Right after I take this quiz for what kind of punk rock band I’d be…