With a tween and a teenager at home, I have decided to go back to school! Is this a way to avoid the next year of hormones I have coming to me? No. You might guess that, but I am really going to miss the kids. Really. I'm off to teacher's college - something I've always wanted to do - which wouldn't be such a big deal but it's 3 HOURS away...which means I'm staying out of town for multiple nights. ARGH! I'm never away that much. In the summer I took an additional course and this was a good trial but what a week to start out - same time as my son's grade 8 graduation and the last day of school. My daughter leaving her elementary school, where I have volunteered and worked and made friends. Big steps in both their lives. I have NEVER missed a last or first day of school for the kids. I'm sort of a stickler for stuff like that. So, I enlisted my husband to take the traditional photographs and even video tape. I was really hoping we could Skype in real time but the wireless wouldn't reach that far. :) OK, maybe that would be a bit much. I drove home for my son's graduation and then got up early the next morning and was to school by 9:30. I was SO tempted to skip the day and be there for that 3:25 bell but I didn't. I stuck it out in school with my heart breaking just a bit.
I think being away will be more difficult than being in school.
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It sounds like this is going to be a very interesting journey for you - and for your family! You will be learning new things as well as meeting people whose paths you normally wouldn't cross. Your husband and children will be adapting to doing more things on their own and developing new relationships with each other.
ReplyDeleteIt will be fun to read of your adventure on a regular basis.
I'm signing this inside the profile until I can get one of my computer-savvy sons to show me how to do it the right way.
Cathie Williams