What now?
07 Aug 2011 Leave a Comment
in Uncategorized Tags: bucket list, college, craziness, daughter, empty nest, laughter, midlife crisis, waldo, where
That is the question that I have been asked over the last 3 months from lots of people. What will I do now, that soon I will experience the empty nest with my daughter going off to College and with me having a lot more free time and I mean a lot more on my hands.
I don’t know. Yup, there I said it. I just don’t know. I can already hear the gears grinding in some peoples heads in trying to rope me into doing something else. But you will not succeed!..I will resist!
I am thinking of making up a list, of things that I would like to do or see. Some say it’s a midlife crisis list or a bucket list. But I am not in a midlife crisis, nor do I plan on kicking the bucket any time soon. I rather make a game out of it, like “Where is Waldo”..yeah that’s what I will do. I will post pictures of various new things or places that I am doing or am, and people have to guess what it is. So we all stay entertained I suppose.
But nonetheless, it will be quiet around here. Am I ready for it? Yes and No. I mean this is my baby that is going off to College and even though we have our share of fights and there are times that we probably can’t stand the sight of each other ( typical teenage stuff you know), we have our good times, the laughter and the craziness. And those are the times that I will miss. So I suppose it is time to be crazy on my own…watch out now! 
Conversations with my kids
16 Nov 2008 Leave a Comment
in parenting Tags: college, conversations, daughter, friends, goofy, make-up, perm, Son, tan
Alright for all of you who are not blessed yet with the experience of having a conversation with a teenager or young adult, I would like to present to you two examples. If you have little ones, oh your time is coming.
Conversations with my daughter usually happen when she is bored, waiting for her boyfriend to call or when I am busy doing something or when she has absolutely nobody to torture but me.
Daughter: MOM
Me: Yes
Daughter: You need to come here and see this.
ME: Why and what is it?
Daughter: No come here.
Daughter is sitting on Desktop looking at her Myspace. I go to her to see it, because if I don’t she will continue with MOM really.
Me: Ok what is that I’m looking at?
Daughter: This is Bella*. Look at what she is doing. She is hanging out with Supra* and Nana*.
Me: And what’s the problem?
Daughter: Well look at her. She is using so much make-up and tanning spray she looks orange, just to hang out with them.
On closer examination of the picture I must say it did not look natural.
Me: Oh wow, yea looks aweful. Does not even look healthy. Like they have Agent Orange.
Daughter: I know. Can I have a Perm?
Me: How did this get to the Perm now?
Daughter: Well I want curls, and my hair is straight. So can I have a perm
Me: You would not like it. With your long hair it would be all snarly ( knowing she hates snarly hair, and I frankly do not want to listen to her complain every morning about it, so I’m playing on that card).
Daughter: Well can I get my ears pierced again? I mean I have no Sports till spring, plenty of time before I have to take them out.
Me: So now you want your Ears pierced again. ( This would be the third time)
Daughter: Yea. Can I pick the ones I want?
Me: Sure
Ok, now you see how the conversation with my daughter went. We discussed 3 different things in 5 minutes. Oh and the *fictional names were put there for the real names, to protect the people that clearly using way too much spray on tan and should be fined for that.
Here is a phone call between me and my College son:
Me: Hi, that’s a surprise.
Son: Hey!
Me: How are you?
Son: Good
Pause
Me: What are you up to?
Son: Nothing, hanging out
Me: How are the Classes doing?
Son: Fine
Me: Getting excited about going to a Bowl game?
Son: Yup.
Me: Did any of your friends come and visit you?
Son: Yea.
Pause
Son: Well gotta go. Roomie and I wanna go eat. Love you
Me: Love you too. Bye
This conversation lasted 3 minutes max. Now he is about 2 hrs. away from me, and that is all he has to say. Basically it was a check-in call to let me know he was still alive and kicking. And this time he didn’t ask for anything. Which is actually a good thing, since his sister is asking for plenty as you can see.
So have fun all. I know when they are little you have plenty of conversations with them about the latest action hero and crayola box. This is what you are getting to look forward too..and people wonder why I think I go goofy sometimes.
Busy, busy..busy
07 Sep 2008 1 Comment
in Uncategorized Tags: busy, college, friends, high school, work
Wow, been awhile since I’ve posted. Yes I am still alive and kicking. I just have been very busy with work and all of my other activities for the past month.
As everyone knows by now, my Son is now a fulltime Student at MSU. He has adopted to College Student life very well. And has also adopted that cooky attitute of ” I’m Mr. Hot shot now”. Talking to other Parents of College students tell me that is normal, and it will take a short period of time, before they come of that kick and realize home isn’t so bad after all.
My daughter has started her sophmore year at high school, and is actually heading down the right path already on staying on top of her assignments. Last year she slacked on that, because she had the ” I’m in High school now, and you know nothing” attitute, and by mid-year the light in her head went on and it dawned on her she needed to buckle down and do it, otherwise severe consequences would have been the result. She did it, and this year she is of to a great start. She has 3 honors classes, so we will see how well she will handle this.
As for me, well I was told I needed an Assistant to help me with my schedule today. Work is absolutely keeping me busy. My project list doesn’t get smaller, but I am sure a lot of you out there have the same problem. After work activities are back up again. But I just keep going like the Energizer bunny.
So hopefully soon I will have something of interest to post again. Until then friends, enjoy the small things and smile. You never know who’s day you might make brighter with a smile.
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