My crew.

One day this summer, while I was serving lunch to my guys, I realized that they are leaving me.  Each day is one day closer to their being gone.

While some days this might be cause to rejoice, I was filled with overwhelming sadness as I caught a glimpse of how fleeting this time together is.  It is impossible to imagine a time when they don't need me...for....Everything.  But I know it is coming.  And somehow it seems cruel of each of them to make me dependent on them while they slowly become less dependent on me.  And it is kind of insulting that they would let me get this attached only for them to go off and start their own lives apart from me.  

So I am just going on record, right now, that I don't like it!  And, if it can cause me to cry while we are still 10 years out, I would stay clear of emotional me when the time actually comes!

Quality Time

We have had one of the most relaxing summers ever.  After completing all of our travel during the first 3 weeks of June we have been home.  All summer.  It has been bliss.

It has been a summer of developing friendships and of quality time together.  We have still managed to do a great deal but the pace has been just right!  The boys and I went to the beach at least once a week to meet up with some new co-op friends.  We have had bonfires and swim camp.  We visited my sister and went kayaking.  We celebrated a half birthday, anniversaries and the completion of potty training!!  And we have done it all while eating plenty of delicious fresh fruits and vegetables.  I am learning that there will always be amazing and exciting things to do, and while it is hard to turn down many of these things, the most fulfilling for us is time together without the frenetic pace.

Say It Ain't So...Whiffle Ball Drama

Marcia is typically the author of this blog but I'm taking the liberty to relay a most unfortunate incident in a recent backyard whiffle ball game.  Marcus and I (Orioles) were staging a furious rally in the 9th inning against Zach and Eli (Cubs).  I hit a ball in the gap and made a turn toward 2nd when unbeknownst to me, Zach darted in the base path and I proceeded to flatten him and coast into 2nd for a stand up double.  While Zach writhed on the ground, Eli made a dramatic protest and hurt me in the worst way he possibly could.  "You're A-Rod now," shouted Eli, fighting back a mix of tears and righteous indignation.  "And you did it to your own kid!"

You cut me deep, Eli.  You cut me real deep.  For those wondering, the Cubs won the game in the 10th inning, 7-6.