Yay! Adjusting well made me happy to read. 
Nice job with the feeding her, too.
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We got back last night from our first empty nester adventure to Las Vegas. The weather was divine and we had a great time. Had one of the best meals of my life at JoĆ«l Robuchon, saw a show, went to a ridiculous day club where we were just about the oldest people there, and enjoyed laughing and reconnecting. While I missed S25, I realized one upside of not traveling with him: We could fill out time the way we wanted to without having to take his MANY opinions into account. It was really great to get away and weāre committing to planning more getaways regularly.
S25 is doing well. Still going through rush and seems to be doing fine in classes. He has midterms this week, and so far he said he feels good about his performance. Iām so excited to see him for fall break in two weeks.
Hope everyone has a great week!
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Sounds great! Even including how you could travel according to your own parental desires
Whatās a day club?
This is the day club: Official Website of TAO Beach at the Venetian Resort And, yes, it was ridiculous.
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Can anyone say āsandwich generationā? D25 started school officially (counts on fingers) five days ago. Today my father was told he has a cancer that has spread to other areas of his body.
Iām not sure how to balance life here with supporting my parents (7-8 hrs away). DH is leaving for a 10 day business trip, and I want to be present for S27. Leaving D25 made me realize how quickly these next two years will go. The adrenaline from dropping her off has faded, and I wrote some sad poetry this weekend.
One day at a time. One step at a time. Grateful for faith, family, and friends in the midst of looming shadows.
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I am so sorry to read this.
Similar story here, with aging and ill parents in another state, D22 applying to grad schools, S25 still settling into college life, and D26 slogging through college apps and a tough senior year. I thought it would get a little smoother as the kids started launching, but oof, apparently not.
Sending all good thoughts for your dad!
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Iām so sorry to hear about your fatherās health. Sending good thoughts his way and yours.
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So sorry to hear about your dad. Moved S23 into his dorm and flew home as I had to start my semester (the college I work for started the same day). I was at a hospital giving an orientation to my students when I got the emergency call from my dad, my 46 year old brother had a life altering stroke. I quickly wrapped up the orientation and drove to where my brother was (luckily minutes away). It is hard!
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I am so very sorry about your dad. That is awful, and even harder with all that is going on:(
Sending you and your family good thoughtsā
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So as I may have mentioned before, spouse and I are both federal employees. So today is first day of furlough for us during shutdown. Iām excepted, he isnāt, which means Iāll be doing some work but Iām only intermittent, so itās sort of as needed work. Today I did a little over four and half hours of work, I spent a half hour putting away all the clean clothes Iāve been ignoring, and I did three hours of virtual continuing education (not through or for work, because that isnāt allowed during a shutdown, but on my own dime that I would otherwise be doing at night). Iām already bored.
Iām trying not to fixate on finding jobs for S22 to apply to. He can (and will) do this himself and while he likes to bounce ideas off me and has always been happy for my assistance in the past, I could see myself accidentally annoying him. So Iām trying to not do that.
Other exciting activities for me this week include getting my shingles shot and going to the dry cleaner. Necessary, but if THOSE are the highlights, then I better really work on finding a hobby before I retireā¦
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