We moved her up to her dorm last Saturday. I cried a little. I miss her. Her daddy misses her. Her brother misses her. The dog even misses her.
That’s her sitting on her futon, under her roomy’s bed in their dorm room. That was the day we moved her in. Her roomy wasn’t there yet.
Did I say that I miss her? Em, if you read this, don’t get all freaked out, but I find myself checking your Facebook Profile page frequently when I can because I wanna know how you are and what you are up to. Is this normal? I’m not sure. Will it subside? I’m not sure, but probably. I like seeing pictures of you and your friends and how you’ve decorated your dorm room. I know you text me and stuff and maybe you’ll even friend me on Skype, if only to see Delilah and Isabelle, but sometimes I wanna hear the things you’re not telling me or I wanna read between the lines. Or something. Anyway, I miss you. It’s kinda lonely here without you. Besides the animals, I’m the only girl now.
Awww, so sad. She and you will both do awesome!
She is all grown up! Wow!
Your reaction is normal, too, Shelli. Though, Emily may not appreciate it.
I feel for you, Shelli — as you understand, knowing the situation on the ground here.
You’ll all get through it. It will even start to feel normal after a while. But it still feels achy and empty right now, I know.
Hugs to you, my friend.
You still have Belle and Deliliah. Plenty of girl power left!
I think this is normal, sis. Eventually Sam will go away to school too. And while it may take a period of adjustment, it will be tempered by the gradual realization that you and Jason can get freaky on the kitchen table any hour of the day without anyone walking in on you.
Leave it to Brad to put things in the proper perspective. I hope Em’s NOT reading this because now she’s got THAT in her head. LOL.
Hang in there mama, it gets better. I imagine.
Awww – you’re both gonna be great!
@Avitable–Thanks, Adam. I know that we will. We’re just in the adjustment phase right now.
@Lynda–I think she misses us a little, too. At least that’s what I tell myself.
@SwanShadow–It will get better, I know. There’ll probably come a day when Jason and I look at each other and think, “I wonder when they’re going to go home,” but right now, we’re wondering, “I wonder when they’ll be home next.”
@Brad–I haven’t seen Belle in a week. Once Emily left, there was no one here to take care of Belle so her Mom had to find someone else. That’s probably part of it, too.
As for the freaky kitchen table stuff, that will only happen if we live long enough to see Sam move out on his own. And then only if we aren’t too old and decrepit.
@Brad–Oh, and BTW, hello stranger!
@Finn–Hopefully she skimmed right past his comment. LOL I’m sure it will get better. Jason and I have to figure out what to do with each other. Besides that, I mean. We never had that “before kids” married time.
@Sybil Law–I know. We’ll all work it out.
It’s funny, I don’t think my parents ever cared or wanted to know what I was doing in college. The one time I called her at 1:30am drunk I think made her realize how little she wanted to know. Even if facebook existed then I don’t think she would have looked, she’s too afraid to know the truth.