An app that I love having on my phone is called "Timehop". I've had it for quite awhile, and if any of you are not familiar with it, here is what it does: it goes back for the past few years (as long as you've been on Facebook, etc.) and reminds you of what you posted in past years on the current date. Obviously, this time of year, I am rereading lots of posts about graduation, the end of the school year, and how things will be never be the same because students will be moving on to the next phase. Oh yeah, and lots of "teacher" posts about the end of the school year and how we all love summer!!!
So, this week was the one year posts about our "baby" graduating, and how weird it will be to not have him at school with me. Little did I know that not having him at school with me was only a small piece of the changes that were to come! I had no idea that Chris and I would both be getting new jobs that would lead us to relocate to a new community. Our "mid-life" change (crisis?) has been a wonderful one that has led me to a new school that I love both the co-workers and great students that I am privileged to work with!!!
So, spring has sprung and the college kids are heading back "home" for the summer, our youngest being no exception. As he stated that he was sooooo ready to come home, we took a car down to him to schlep all of his stuff back. Actually, he had two carloads full, one of which was dirty laundry...
As he was trying to begin on his journey home, he had a little "mishap" with the car as he was leaving Atchison, causing us all what might be referred to as "a little stress", with Chris and Older Child rushing to the site of the crisis. We were pessimistically thinking we'd have a bill of several thousands (AKA a blown transmission), which fortunately turned out to be a radiator hose and only $260! So after all is said and done, we are now celebrating having him back home with us for the summer. With. His. Carload. Of. Dirty. Laundry. YAY! (Thus, the Filling with Feathers part of my title of this blog entry...)
It is wonderful to have Ross home with us, and will be even better when the above issue is finally all clean and put away. (Notice I mentioned the put away part...) Mr. Yoder is very happy His Boy is home and he can sleep in a bed at night, and not in his kennel. Now if I can just finish all of the end of the year projects with my students to close up this school year, I will be ready for some summer days and a few great adventures. Oh, BUT only AFTER the laundry is done...
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