That home life is universal for a family man Kook. I get much of the same out here in the midwest minus that AWFUL bus commute.
My kid is staying home by herself for the first time this summer. It's not going well. Everything is a mess. Food dropped all over the floor. She like to pour sugar on stuff, etc... Candy wrappers, juice boxes, fruit cups. Everything is sticky. It's a GD wonder there aren't millions of ants everywhere.
But the worst part is at night. Bedtime has been turning into a 2 hr ordeal. She goes to bed, my wife and I go to the basement to relax/watch TV for an hour. Kid gets up, claims she had a nightmare, feels sick, hungry, etc... Wants to sleep in bed with one of us. Crying, yelling, chaos. She goes off to GS camp next week, Praying that she stays there the whole week. I need some GD peace & quiet.