<p>DS launches three weeks from tomorrow. It’s been a whirlwind here, sometimes of our own making.</p>
<p>1) I had made ds an appt to get a passport weeks ago. Of course, NOW that’s the one day he and all his friends are having a last hurrah at a big amusement park here. So, I figured out how to do it another time elsewhere that’s much more inconvenient. But he’s happy, and I don’t have to be the bad guy.</p>
<p>2) Ds’s car shared with his brother is again having trouble so he and his dad had to drive three hours on ds’s day off to pick up the extra car at my parents’ while we figure out what’s wrong with the other car. Four drivers and two cars just won’t work here. Of course, it’ll be fine once the boys are off at college. We just need to hang on a few more weeks.</p>
<p>3) The plan for how ds is getting to preorientation and where he’s staying the night before has totally changed, but in this case it’s for the better. Instead of getting himself to our cousin’s apartment by himself (cousin said he could use his place while out of town), he’ll now be staying with a bff’s older sister, who just moved there. She’s happy for his company, and I’m thrilled that he won’t have to negotiate so much stuff on his own. She lives three miles from Reagan, so it’s a piece of cake for her to fetch him.</p>
<p>Ds and I had a tiff via texting this week. We were able to have a calm discussion (I love that about him; he’s really pretty reasonable), but it’s apparent to me how much he’s going to miss home and his friends and this town. He’s also excited about what’s to come; it’s not like he’s getting cold feet. But he’s gonna miss this great life here all the same.</p>
<p>In great news, he’s finally reading the book required of all freshmen. And he likes it, though he says it’s really sad. Yeah, a book about the Khmer Rouge is not going to be the feel-good hit of the summer. </p>
<p>And in even more great news, a friend has a friend who wants to give away her late dh’s clothes to a good home, and he was just ds’s size! My friend’s ds has inherited a tux, but my friend says she wants my ds to take some things, too. Soooo sweet. My ds LOVES to dress up, and it turns out this woman has a suit, another tux and some heavy coats, which both the boys will need this winter. Now you see why my ds is sad about leaving? We are lucky to have a lot of fabulous people in our lives.</p>
<p>I’ve also been getting sad as I have been working on photo albums for ds and three of his friends. I’m taking them to lunch to give them those and some other presents. I know I’ll cry, but whatever. And I’m doing some 5x7s for other guys we know and love. <em>sigh</em> Life moves on as it should.</p>
<p>Now, if ds and the gf would just decide whether they’re staying together that would help a lot!</p>