Happy Friday All!!!
Linda, It's good to hear about your planned time with your sister this weekend. Do enjoy! The kitchen remodel should be challenging , but ultimately rewarding.
Sharon, I know what you mean about eating ahead in your "food budget". It sounds like it was good though. Enjoy your "no cooking" night.
Fran, what encouraging news about difficult child. Do let us know how it goes... it is encouraging for us all. Enjoy your time alone. I'm just so jealous
Trish, that does sound like an exhausting day! Whew, maybe you can get a little rest in for yourself - soon?
Well, the day has finally arrived that we feared we would never see.... difficult child graduates tonight! This is one hard won diploma.... He was working on his required Senior project up to the very last minute. By all accounts, his oral presentation to the panel of judges went well, the directors decided at the last minute that parents could not be present for the presentations (they claimed there wasn't enough room to accommodate everyone), but the judge's reviews were very positive. He even ended up with a "B" in his dreaded Statistics class (too boring he said) - so we are very, very proud of him. There's no rest for the weary , though, as his orientation at the University is in two weeks. We're truly operating one day at a time...
easy child has been going through some rough times. He working on his dissertation and is struggling with it. The stress is sending him into difficult child like behavior. He's asked to move back home at the end of the summer quarter - and I think that the stress will be settling down amongst us all. It's a tough time for job hunting, though. If he defends his dissertation successfully he'll get his Master's degree in the fall. Most of his friends who have recently graduated are moving into jobs that have little or nothing to do with their course of study. Hard times all the way around... Whatever happened to the empty nest ? :-(
Have a wonderful day and weekend everyone!!!
Valerie