Today is DS's last day of high school. In less than an hour he will be done. He is the baby of the clan.
I'm ok with this and the nest won't be empty anytime soon, but it will be such a change for me! I have had kids in this school system continuously since 1985. That happens when you have an oops baby. For the last 27 years my life has synced with the school calendar. It isn't anything I had to think about, it is just how it has always been. I had vacays and time off of work based on that calendar. I don't know anything else!!
I have mentioned before that he has Asperger's and he will definitely be home for a few more years. He isn't as mature as a lot of his friends and that is something he will grow into in his own time. College is looming around the corner (community college for the first two years) and they don't give a rip if he has Asperger's, We know it will start off as a struggle but eventually it will get better.
He will be getting his first job in the next couple of weeks, and he (FINALLY, THANK YOU, JESUS, HALLELUJAH!!!) got his driver's license not quite two weeks ago. He is the only kid I ever met who didn't want to drive to school. His sister's were serious PITAs about that. He's going on a road trip in a month with his 2 best buddies so we have been driving like crazy and need to get some more highway time in.
This is turning into quite the ramble. Sorry about that. I just know that things are about to change, I no longer have to live by the school's calendar, and my days here at home, alone, are gone now that school is done. Hmmm, is it too early for wine? Isn't it 5 o'clock somewhere?