Elianna had her graduation party yesterday afternoon. We went down to the camp pavilion around 12:15 to finish setting up. When we got there I saw that nothing had been done to the pavilion since fall so it needed some sweeping and dusting off of the tables. So we did that really quick and everything looked ten times better for people to come. We had light snacks and yard games available for the kids and young adults.

So that was fun. Everything still feels so surreal and fast moving. I have two kids out of high school, three working at camp, and one who is supposed to be getting married in under two and a half months. I asked Ethan today if it would be helpful for me to start packing up his stuff in boxes with labels or if he would rather to it himself. He said it would be helpful but not to feel like I have to. So that’s something I can start to work on.

I’m not anticipating him actually taking his stuff. They don’t yet have an apartment lined up because they’re waiting for a one bedroom option to open up. With one bedroom I don’t figure there’ll be room to take boxes of stuff that you’re likely not going to open. It just seems so close and even with the summer in between it is still going to fly. I am still going to write my book about being a husband or whatever comes to mind for him.

With Thrive I basically died of thirst and now I don’t care if I ever even go back there. It’s been way too long to not be accumulating hours. I am just now realizing this, but the way they do their program, the new internship students always start in the summer or the fall. By the end of spring people typically graduate so that is why there isn’t a May term. I ended up signing up for an online somatic practitioner course to keep me busy.

The boys are wanting to use the computer. They have a maintenance friend who comes over and they play video games with. At first I was a little annoyed by it but I decided to just embrace it and enjoy this person coming over. Yeah you have to have your boundaries but also I’m used to the kids being busy with their activities and friends in this season. Maybe someday he’ll have memories of playing video games at our house.