<p>Already making complicated plans to meet grandparents for dinner and see the new James Bond movie. </p>
<p>He says he’s looking forward to being home - “needs a break.” (Then he tells me that he’s spending at least two nights with friends at nearby colleges.)</p>
<p>The week will likely be all about food (son loves to cook), sleeping, visiting family and friends - and maybe a little homework thrown in too. ;)</p>
<pre><code> 1. Make them rake leaves.
2. Make them change the litterbox.
3. Probably go on ebay and try to sell a game system.
4. Make them visit relatives and engage in polite conversation.
5. Probably say something about how late they came in serveral nights.
6. DO their laundry with stain remover as it will be all muddy from the ‘football at the park gang.’
7.Engage in endless hours of conversation and have a few disagreements.
8. Hopefully not have to go to the emergency room because someone got hurt doing sports or having an ear infection or something.
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<li>Food!!!</li>
<li>Cooperate when I want to meet old friends</li>
<li>Staying at home, not going out anywhere</li>
<li>Keeping my room close to the way it was before…I’m still part of the family!</li>
<li>Food!!!</li>
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<p>-Hug her tightly and tell her how much I love her
-Make her favorite foods - sadly, this does not include meat
-Spend time with family and friends
-Kick back and take it easy
-Shop for a new car
-Hug her some more!</p>
<p>He comes home Saturday!!! ( ) But he leaves the following Saturday for Africa ( ). Thankfully he’ll be back just in time for Christmas ( ), then a week later he’s off to school again ( ).</p>
<p>Not too much time to do much of anything, but I do hope to get him alone for a few long talks.</p>
<p>See Borat, we’ve all been waiting for each other to do this. Favorite restaurant after. Welcome a house full of their friends with loads of junk food. Big extended family dinners.</p>
<p>First - hugs at the door - offer food and drink - tell them to put their luggage in their room - a bit of chit/chat - and then hand overy my car keys!!! Reminding them of no drinking and driving - another hug as they run out the door…</p>
<p>Then it’s - being woken up when they come home late cuz the dog barks - listening to the multi-mix of making plans to see every single friend they ever knew - the Turkey Day football game - left-overs all over the counter at every meal time - telling them to put their luggage away - praying they clean up the kitchen and maybe even offer to wash the dishes - hahahaha - sharing the washer/dryer with the piles of laundry that materialize.</p>
<p>Then it’s - pack up all the laundry - remind them to get their luggage out of the room - food and drink again - getting back my car keys!!! - more hugs and then they dissappear - it is a whirling durbish at my house - craming everything they possibly can into a few short days - then it is time for a stiff drink - my slippers and my recliner!!! LOL - WHEW</p>
<p>He comes home tomorrow night (late)! I am excited. He just wants mostly some space to visit his old stopping grounds and his hs friends. He will be home for 9 days, and then he leaves, but comes home again for midsemester break (3 weeks), so I won’t crowd him. I will make some of his favorite foods. He really misses NY bagels!</p>
<p>My list is similar to backhandgrip’s - lots of chores that have been put on the backburner:</p>
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<li>Fix our home computer networking system that got messed up by moving main PC upstairs from basement when S left for school.</li>
<li>Reprogram garage door opener (outside pad stopped working when we recently replaced the batteries and S is the only one who has programmed it before, can’t find the manual…)</li>
<li>Drag down boxes of Christmas decorations from attic (we have a pull-down ladder in garage to attic. Hate going up and down with boxes but with limited storage space it’s the only place for Christmas stuff!)</li>
<li>Move canoe, grill, patio furniture into garage/basement for winter storage (unless it snows before he arrives home next Tues)</li>
<li>Move bags of water softener salt down to basement.</li>
<li> And finally, S’s birthday is on Thanksgiving weekend so I guess we will go out to eat at his favorite Mexican restaurant the day after Thanksgiving just like we do every other year!! May be the only chance we have to talk since he has already made lots of plans to catch up with friends.</li>
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<p>Can you tell I am a single parent who is technically/mechanically challenged?</p>
<p>Inviting a group of friends (and their really cool parents) over so that D doesn’t spend all weekend running around seeing friends and we never get to see her!</p>
<p>Not complaining when she goes to Disneyland to hang out with all her friends that are entertainers there…</p>
<p>Going for a manicure and pedicure together…</p>
<p><em>IF</em> I can catch him between girlfriend, friends, and sleep, I shall smother him with tons and tons of hugs, kisses, and homemade FOOD!!! S will be home on <strong>TUESDAY</strong>!!! :D</p>
<p>Hugs !!! S1 gives the tightest hug. LOL! (I’m not complaining though).</p>
<p>He comes home late Tuesday night. I will have his favorite( chicken afritada) for supper.
I will probably do his laundry Wednesday.
Dinner with extended family turkey day.
Shoppping Friday. Dinner out. Maybe see a movie, too.
A formal dinner/ dance on Saturday night.
Drive him back to school Sunday morning. (Too short of a vacation for me. My only consolation- Christmas break is in three weeks)</p>
<p>He usually does school work when he is home Thanksgiving break because finals is a couple of weeks after they get back to school.</p>
<p>Son has said he has 2 big papers to write over break, so just wants food, sleep and quiet time for homework. Plus finals start Dec. 4 so wants to get a start on that. </p>
<p>D. wants to help bake and cook. Plus she had me make hair appt., dermatology appt, and fam. dr. appt. on Fri–so that takes up that whole day. She wants to take in some movies and spend time with her animals here at home.</p>
<p>I’m crying reading this thread. I am soo looking forward to having DS home for a few days, though he doesn’t come home until Wednesday night. I’m going out this weekend to pick up the new Zelda game for him, a belated birthday present…and I’m aware I may have to spend the beginning of the week trying to find a Wii for him to play it on (I read the other thread about people camping out for the new playstation(?) and I really hope I don’t have to camp out some where on Saturday night…but I imagine that he’ll spend much of the weekend playing his new Zelda game (though he has said he will have problem sets to do over the weekend). and I’ll spend the weekend feeding him…I still worry that he doesn’t eat enough at school.</p>
<p>^According to the gaming people (my son included), you may not get it this weekend, but the Wii should not be too tough to get between now in Christmas. My son had to preorder it, and there were crazy lines to preorder it. I did not allow my son to camp out all night, so he found a tiny shop that took his preorder deposit. Games were also difficult to get yesterday without a preorder (I picked up 2 which he preordered). The salesperson told me that games should be more readily available next week (without preodering).</p>
<p>thanks northeastmom,
I did preorder Zelda…but they told me it was too late to preorder the Wii…so I’m hoping I can find somewhere get one…I guess I might be camping out somewhere…</p>
) But he leaves the following Saturday for Africa ( 
). Thankfully he’ll be back just in time for Christmas ( 