Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Senior Year

Word girl is going through her senior year. This is such an incredibly fun time filled with so many promises of things to come yet saying goodbye to what has always been. She is anxiously awaiting responses to her applications (ok, mailing them out then anxiously waiting). Currently she is hoping for UC San Diego or Hawaii Pacific. Me, I want, UC Santa Barbara or University or Oregon. The girl wants to study Marine Biology and she wants to escape the midwest so her choices stand to reason... (OK she wants to escape mom, I won't tell her that is how I ended up in the Midwest and yet mom is still there, leaning over my shoulder telling me how to breathe.. it is just life).

For each new adventure there is a bittersweet goodbye, I know she doesnt get it yet.. and since she has lived in a small town all of her life, everyone knows everyone else's business.. she isn't aware of the fact that sometimes you are alone, you actually WANT your family around. Of course if she attends Hawaii Pacific I can pretty much gaurantee monthly visits from some member of my family or other.. anyway, Friday night is Senior night for Marching band. It is when we get to stand up there and be acknowledged both the parent and the student. It is really the only time it happens. Most of the time the senior is acknowledged but not the parent so this is fun. After band night it will be senior night for swim team.. one more child to say goodbye to competitive swimming. This will be a tear jerker for me, it always is.. Of course Blond Girl will continue but she has always swam because well the rest of them did it and she looks great in a bathing suit.

Soon, there will be college ads and senior announcements, we already went through Homecoming, Prom is next.. what's a mom to do when all of her babies are suddenly all grown up.. Word Girl will be 18 this month... OGL.. world look out!!

5 comments:

  1. Hi! Stopping by from Brighton Mum's. I can't imagine it. Mine just turned 15 and is a sophomore. I still can't believe that. To think of him sending off college applications...my heart breaks.

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  2. As Word Girl is number three I am more numb than anything, I have gone through this every other year for the past six and have one more to go... then I will sit down and cry.. or dance.. not sure which but either will involve some sort of alcohol

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  3. I am right there with you! Senior night is the 30th for my "baby" girl (varsity cheer) and she is another step closer to being done with high school. Best wishes to Word Girl and to you!

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  4. Wow sounds like such an exciting time. My oldest is only in 7th so we are almost into the teen years. I can't imagine when the time comes to worry about college.

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  5. My youngest is 22. Not sure what Moms do when the kids are gone. He left and I convinced him to come home, believe that?? Am I crazy?? Nah, I like it much better than an empty nest!

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