A week without children is

• Donuts & chocolate buns that don't get eaten any more and need to get thrown out
• Plastic toys that are left behind in the sofa and the table and floor...but that stay out of the way once you've put them away. It's a non-recurring task.
• No hugs in the morning and at bedtime
• Carrying the responsibility to continue not only my but also their Duolingo streaks. So an overdose language exercises
• Going out for fancy dinners with Jan. Date-time for the parents.
• No dishes with lunch boxes
• The cat, who seems to feel a bit lost, miauws more
• Extra days before the dishwasher is full and needs to run
• One week without the annoying voices of Cartoon Network or Nickelodeon or other of those irritating child channels on TV. 
• No clothes left behind at rather random places
• Toilets that are always flushed
• No silly faces
• Lots of silence in the house
• No interesting questions being asked
• Working until you want to stop working without any constraints of child activity hours. 
• Sleeping in without the noise of awake morning children
• Sad empty rooms
• Empty table
• I need to check the cat's food bowl more