Perks to being an empty nester

I don't want you to think that all I do is gripe about my changing role in life.  There ARE some definite perks to being an empty nester.

1.  The house is much quieter.  (Sometimes TOO quiet!)
2.  The kitchen stays cleaner.  (No one is making yummy cookies all the time.)
3.  I don't have to chauffeur kids around.  (I don't have any excuse to go shopping just for the fun of it any more.)
4.  I don't have to wait up for kids to come home late at night.  (So why do I stay up until midnight anyway?)
5.  The bathroom isn't full of my daughter's beauty products.  (I liked some of them...don't tell her!)


Are there any others you can think of?  I'd love to hear them!