I was having trouble coming up with something to blog about this morning.  It's the first time this has happened to me and I chalked it up to sadness about our vacation ending. So I went looking for Margot and Greta because I always find lots of inspiration from those two. I was out of luck, though, because they were still sleeping. This lack of input from my kids made me start to get squirmy, and then really sad about next fall, when Margot goes back to college and Greta starts art school.  Then I thought, wait a minute, I've heard about this phenomenon. It happens to all moms who try to be funny in their blogs. Apparently, even when you write your most hilarious material, it means nothing to you because your kids have moved out.  It's called "empty jesting" people, and it's definitely a thing.