Ok, so then the rest of the day kinda sucked too. I had a meltdown and was pretty emotional the rest of the day and it was a pretty much wasted day. There were a couple of bright spots in the evening. I fixed hamburgers on the grill for me and the two boys and we had a great dinner with lots of 20 year old boy humor (Reid to Lorn as his burger is dripping "Lorn your burger is pissing on you") Trying to get them ready to move into an apartment this weekend. Yes the babies are finally leaving the nest! Yeehaw! Don't believe my enthusiasm. Since I have become a work widow, they have provided me with many moments of laughter (oh and of course frustration) and I will miss them both terribly. Just like I miss Liz. Even after 4 years I miss her just as much as the first time she moved away from home : (
The other bright spot came with a phone call from my soul sistah, KB. We talked for an hour and a half. Much of the conversation was fueled by her cosmopolitans and my wine. But then again, who cares! We reminisced about our kids and watching them grow up and how fun the cul de sac in EC was. We tried to figure out why our boys turned out so very different than our girls. We spoke of life changes and scary moments with our boys and how life has thrown us a few curves but it has only made our sistah love grow stronger. We talked about Liz growing up basically with three brothers and how she never once thought of herself as inferior physically to them. Liz, remember roller hockey in the cul de sac and being the only girl at Taylor's birthday parties? And here we are, almost 18 years since we all met and the two youngest boys who started kindergarten together and rode the bus together and did all boy things together are leaving to start a new chapter in their life together by getting this apartment. Things change and yet they still remain the same.
Thanks to anyone who bothered to read this. I needed a chance to talk!
Really awesome post Mama. The perfect one to read right before I head off to McCarthy. You are awesome. And yes, I do know I'm super cool... better than the boys ;) Haha just kidding. Don't worry about them though. I mean... it's just Lorn and Reid...
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