Moving Back Home

It's a stange feeling, after 2 years, to move back to my parent's place. Due to a change in job, I'm located out at St Marys now, which is a good 45km west of the Sydney CBD. Having tried the drive from Crows Nest to there a few times, I decided I just couldn't be on the road for that amount of time. So the move back to West Pennant Hills was confirmed.

Living with your parents has its ups and downs. There is that almost immediate nagging (or caring, in their eyes). Questions like "are you going to wake up in time for work?" (which, for anyone that knows me, is always a no), and "what time are you getting home for dinner?" becomes quite routine.
On the up side, one does not realise how crappy their own cooking is until they had mum's (or in some cases, dad's) cooking once again!

A friend told me that his reason for staying home is that he wants to hang out with his family after being away for a while, and that is a very valid reason for me as well. Both my sisters have moved out, and the my parents have become empty nesters, and I'm sure that there are periods of loneliness when your kids aren't around.
If anything, my dad now has a dedicated IT support for his gadgets!

What I did noticed when I was away from home was that I was spoilt more due to my parents not seeing me that much. Does this change when I go back home?

Damn! five cheap calls already:

ah yes, being away from my parents makes them spoil me soo much more :P luvvvvv it :) So much so, they are sponsoring (almost) my trip to malaysia!! YAYYYYYy hehehehe well, considering our dollar kicks ass...its allllll gooddddddd! See you folks when i get back with MORE of a tan! YEEE HAR! Adios. Enjoy Halo nite!
Addy (link) - 26 March '05 - 05:34

Your cooking kicks ass babe! That atlantic salmon was nothing short of awesome. You can cook for me any day *smiles all around*.

Go the omnipresent IT support!
beckster (link) - 27 March '05 - 15:25

My entire family treats me (me! ha!) as IT support for anything that requires electricity even when I have no clue. Thank goodness for outsourcing :)
milli - 28 March '05 - 06:18

I ain't seen no cooking u slart!!! Only for the ladiezz :(
PeeDz - 02 April '05 - 17:36

I wonder if this is part of a trend. Up until recently we had about 20 people living on the lower north shore. Now we're slowly leaving.

RC (leaving in July)
randomcow - 04 April '05 - 12:02