Warning – ramble ahead…

First of all I can’t believe how long it’s been since I posted anything…where have you all been?  Wait…where have I been..yeah that’s it…sigh…

Second?  Despite the fact that lately my posts have been a:  scarce and b: pretty much smutless…sometime this week I will hit 50,000 hits…so there are some who are faithful and I thank you for this.

and C…in just 9 days I will be an empty nester as it were…my little man is leaving me for Montana and my son?  The child I carried in my womb, guarded under my heart, would (and have according to Master) walked through fire for is graduating on Saturday next…this is so hard to realize.

I hear his voice and know he is no longer my little boy – I see the whiskers in the sink and understand he is becoming a man – but it was not until this week as he sat with Mom and talked about his plans for the summer (that largely don’t include me…) that I truly accepted that he is nearly grown.  He will be an adult with all of its rights and responsibilities in just 5 1/2 short months. 

Mom has been saying she may go back to Ohio for the summer – I suspect it is two fold – she is missing her friends and family and she thinks Master and I need some time alone.  So I truly will have an empty house.

Unless you count the five cats, four dogs, umpteen fish, three bunnies and the raccoons who think they live here as well…

For those who are wondering?  I did survive camping.  Master and I are mentoring this young couple from church and they went with us.  They have a wee one who is just 13 months old and I am her Nana…she is such a sweet girl and she adores me. 

We were getting ready for bed Friday night and she decided my bed was HER bed.  Her mother came and got her and took her to their bed, nursed her to sleep and lay her down.  As soon as her head hit the pillow she was awake and screaming…repeat over and over.  Finally she threw herself out of their bed – toddled over to our bed and demanded that Master acknowledge her.  He sighed, picked her up and tossed her between us.  She flipped to her belly, threw her arm over His and went to sleep.

For three nights this was where she slept.  During the day she was all about mom and dad and Nana and we napped together in the hammock or she slept on her bed but at night – she had to be in our bed.  It was so cute.

I have not had my discipline for my snarkiness but it is coming.  I am aware.

For now?  I have a house full of teenagers in a puppy pile watching movies.  26 family members arriving throughout this week.  Master is in Taylor’s neck of the woods.  I have to survive:  Senior cut day, mother son tea, graduation dance, graduation, grad night….good bye to the little man and ummmmm a trip to the nutritionist…then?  then I can breathe again.