High School Orientation!!
My internal conversation went like this:
(words in italic mean I am making the word longer in my conversation)
Well, that's weird.
I don't have any kids old enough to go to high school.
Last time I checked, Daughter was 4 and the boys were babies.
They must have emailed the invite to the wrong person.
I'll just delete it......
Then the fog lifted and the reality hit me: Daughter will be a freshman in high school in 7 months. This rocks my world on soo many levels.
1. She will be driving soon, riding with friends that drive, having dates with boys that drive. I am not too old to remember what the "dates with boys that drive" were like. I need to buy a pistol, pronto.
2. I am not worried about her academically. She is an Academic Amazon and I actually think high school may be easier for her than middle school. I have never seen so much homework in my lifetime. I am worried about all the other stuff:
a. Parties while parents are out of town
b. Dances and dating
c. College visits
1. This REALLY freaks me out because once she is in college, it is ME, all alone with all these boys. I have no female refuge to seek with her anymore. This will break my heart. I have decided I am going to college with her. End of story.
d. Watching her get her heart broken. I remember high school as being nothing but a string of heartbreaks. Looking back now I can recognize that they weren't really heartbreaks, but she won't know that until she is older. I don't like to see her sad.
Now, I know my friends with kids in high school or even in college are chuckling right now, but you KNOW you felt the same way! I know it will be ok and that she will be ok, it is just surreal to think of Daughter in high school. My 3 years at St.Charles were the best three years, only to be followed up by 4 1/4 of great years at OU. I want her to love high school as much as I did but I want her to be far more careful. That is probably an unreasonable request but we did some really STUPID things in high school. We are lucky to live to tell about it. Though I won't tell about it. I will let our stupidity be our secret.
On a much lighter and more grateful note, I am up to 9 official followers now and a couple more unofficial followers. I am so grateful that you all take the time to hear the blather I disperse. I got the nicest email from one of Youngest former Intervention teachers and it brought me to tears. As mom's, we generally lose ourselves to our kids lives but to hear someone tell me that they like what I have to say, brings me to tears. Reminds me that there is a Me inside of Mommee (no, I don't usually spell Mommee that way but I was making a point).
Thank you all for making this worthwhile for me. It really means a lot. Have a great weekend. We have basketball tomorrow and that is about it. Other than the umpteen loads of laundry and the never ending aerobics I should be doing. I will update next week how I am doing with Paleo eating...since I haven't mentioned in it awhile, I bet you can guess how I am doing!!!
Thank you all, again, for being such good blog friends. If you would ever like to write something for my blog, let me know and I can include it. You are a bunch of very smart women and I know we can all learn a lot from each other. If there is anything you want to share, let me know!!
Cat
(words in italic mean I am making the word longer in my conversation)
Well, that's weird.
I don't have any kids old enough to go to high school.
Last time I checked, Daughter was 4 and the boys were babies.
They must have emailed the invite to the wrong person.
I'll just delete it......
Then the fog lifted and the reality hit me: Daughter will be a freshman in high school in 7 months. This rocks my world on soo many levels.
1. She will be driving soon, riding with friends that drive, having dates with boys that drive. I am not too old to remember what the "dates with boys that drive" were like. I need to buy a pistol, pronto.
2. I am not worried about her academically. She is an Academic Amazon and I actually think high school may be easier for her than middle school. I have never seen so much homework in my lifetime. I am worried about all the other stuff:
a. Parties while parents are out of town
b. Dances and dating
c. College visits
1. This REALLY freaks me out because once she is in college, it is ME, all alone with all these boys. I have no female refuge to seek with her anymore. This will break my heart. I have decided I am going to college with her. End of story.
d. Watching her get her heart broken. I remember high school as being nothing but a string of heartbreaks. Looking back now I can recognize that they weren't really heartbreaks, but she won't know that until she is older. I don't like to see her sad.
Now, I know my friends with kids in high school or even in college are chuckling right now, but you KNOW you felt the same way! I know it will be ok and that she will be ok, it is just surreal to think of Daughter in high school. My 3 years at St.Charles were the best three years, only to be followed up by 4 1/4 of great years at OU. I want her to love high school as much as I did but I want her to be far more careful. That is probably an unreasonable request but we did some really STUPID things in high school. We are lucky to live to tell about it. Though I won't tell about it. I will let our stupidity be our secret.
On a much lighter and more grateful note, I am up to 9 official followers now and a couple more unofficial followers. I am so grateful that you all take the time to hear the blather I disperse. I got the nicest email from one of Youngest former Intervention teachers and it brought me to tears. As mom's, we generally lose ourselves to our kids lives but to hear someone tell me that they like what I have to say, brings me to tears. Reminds me that there is a Me inside of Mommee (no, I don't usually spell Mommee that way but I was making a point).
Thank you all for making this worthwhile for me. It really means a lot. Have a great weekend. We have basketball tomorrow and that is about it. Other than the umpteen loads of laundry and the never ending aerobics I should be doing. I will update next week how I am doing with Paleo eating...since I haven't mentioned in it awhile, I bet you can guess how I am doing!!!
Thank you all, again, for being such good blog friends. If you would ever like to write something for my blog, let me know and I can include it. You are a bunch of very smart women and I know we can all learn a lot from each other. If there is anything you want to share, let me know!!
Cat
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