Light at the end...
Well the day finally came! The day I have been dreaming about for the last seven years.. SD18 left yesterday morning for College!!!!! She is now 2 hours away in a beautiful city... she is super happy and so am I! Trying to be sensitive to DH as obviously he feels a bit differently than I do. Still- we are both enjoying this super new feeling of total freedom in our home and not having to share it with anyone else for once. Still, because of Covid I hold my breath and hope it will be a full semester and she won't be back until Winter. But no sense in worrying about things I can't control and wasting the time I do have apart from her! Who knows- maybe absence will make the heart grow fonder... or maybe not!
She mentioned to DH last week that BM is talking about moving away now... not that it matters.. SD barely lived there when she was supposed to. My thoughts- did I win the lottery?? I couldn't possibly get rid of SD and BM! LOL. I hear Juno, Alaska is truly beautiful... I bet she'd love it there! This woman has lived 2 miles away from us for 7 years... the further away the better!
Well things are good. Now time to really focus on making some self-improvements of my own. No more excuses. Kids are all grown, BM is out of the picture almost completely, and just celebrated 2 years of marriage with DH. Our relationship has had it's ups and downs in the past because of drama that mainly SD and BM caused and admittedly my own bad habits and struggles with drinking. But now I really have no excuses or copouts. Time to start the next happier and healthier chapter of our lives <3
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Congratulations!
Who knows what will happen. Just enjoy each day. The days once the kids are go are golden. I've never understood the "empty nest" depression. Even if she does move back temporarily, both you and she have had a taste of how great it is and how it will be again.
Thank you JRI! That's all I
Thank you JRI! That's all I was hoping for. As I stated- I know she's not "gone-gone" yet but this is the first extended time alone DH and I have had together! This was the youngest. My OSS has his own apartment and works, my MSS goes to college 1400 miles away and comes back for Christmas and Summers and now my SD. I realize COVID might screw things up but you know what- I'm choosing to be optimistic! Many schools didn't open at all. This one did. I'm going to just go with it and be happy and not worry about what may or may not happen.
I am going to do something I rarely do on here and say something really positive about SD. Of all the kids I worry about her the least. Yup- she can be your typical rude, lazy, moody teenager. I don't like her very much and I vent about her on here all the time. However- this girl is top of her class extremely smart. The college she got into is a fantastic school. Her major is pre-law and I have no doubt that she will achieve whatever she sets her mind to.
I know a lot of steps on here having adult skids with them and DH's who are awful and don't do $hit when it comes to parenting their kids. Not my situation!!