Schedule

Resuming my summer schedule, I woke early to get to work while everybody else in my house slept. I have forgotten how quiet those early morning hours feel, and the productivity that I can achieve when left entirely alone. While I will miss sleeping in I don't think it is going to take long for me to reset to this schedule. I can't help but wonder if this will be my new reality now that Scott is retired. Usually I am able to sleep in a little more when he goes to work, but with him being retired his summer vacation will never end.  

Sigh. I will deal with this in September.

Today, after everybody finally wakes up, we are packing up the car and heading to Pennsylvania. I haven't been to visit at my Mom's house since my brother's memorial and our visit is long overdue. It will be wonderful to hear the happy chaos and chatter of the cousins being together under the same roof.

30 years later- he retired!

 The changes and celebrations just keep rolling our way. Yesterday morning we celebrated Scott's final day of school-EVER. The countdown has felt perpetual so the fact that it has reached a finality feels odd. At his request we withheld any big party. Instead the boys and I lined the street with homemade signs. When I knew he was nearly home we met his car at the mailboxes and led a little parade back to our houses with the boys (particularly Timmy and eventually Friend) hooting and hollering in celebration. 

Despite the celebrations and milestones over the past week, my work week trudges on. This morning I woke early to resume my summer schedule. I wonder if waking early will become my yearlong norm now that Scott is retired? I guess I'll figure that out in September when he is still home.

Graduation

Saturday was special for our family. Robby graduated from high school. I am still trying to process the fact that he is now a young adult instead of a kid. How did that happen?

To say that I am proud of the man that he is becoming is an understatement.