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morrismm..so sorry about what you have gone through. We've been through a similiar series of events over the past couple of years, car wrecks(plural), failing grades, arrests. When it rains, it pours. I hope it all works out for your NY D1 and glad your D2 was not hurt in the wreck. Also hope the counseling will help your S get on track.
Ok, so I just returned from a great "empty nest weekend". (S1 just graduated fr. college last month and S2 just finished freshman yr. but is staying at college for summer sch.
So this is our first summer without a kid at home in 22 years.)
On Thurs., DH got online and started searching for a weekend destination for us (we were celebrating our 27th anniv. on Fri.). I'm downstairs washing dishes when he calls out, "come look at this". He had found a beautiful tiny cabin on a mountain lake less than two hrs. fr. home (if you saw the movie "Dirty Dancing", it's that lake). Amazingly enough it was not rented for the weekend. He called reserved it and two hours later we were on our way. The owner even let us bring our dog!
We spent three great days canoeing, swimming in cool clear emerald green water, dripping dry on the deck atop the boathouse, while reading books, snacking, watching boats go by and the sun go down. We ate every meal (on nobody's schedule but our own) on the deck because the view of the lake surrounded by mountains was gorgeous. On Friday night we went to a free blugrass concert on the park nearby.
We came back to the real world this morning,lol.
It sounds corny to say but it was almost magical because there was no big pre-planning or build up. It was such an impulsive thing that we would never have done when the kids were at home. We had a great time and hope to do it again before the summer is over.
The empty nest feels strange and almost uncomfortable at first but it does free you to do/try things that you never would have before.
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