Oh Crap…
I’m officially the proud but nervous owner of a high school freshman.
One might think that a milestone like this would be an opportunity for reflection and quiet contemplation…
Apparently not.
Tuesday was the class graduation trip to Magic Mountain… today was the final day during which they spent 4 hours practicing for graduation. Tomorrow at 9am they start walking across the stage at the local university.
Oddly enough, it does seem like just a year or two ago I was taking him to kindergarten. The time really has flown by and while this is a prime opportunity to get all weepy over my only son, my firstborn, my “mini-me” who now towers over me at 5′ 10″
All I have to do is look at this picture:
and I realize that I haven’t really lost a child, I’ve gained a jackass.
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June 2, 2006 @ 3:41 am
Awww! Congrats! You did well…:)
June 2, 2006 @ 6:57 am
Hah, I love that last line. Cute kid ya got there and congrats to him, and congrats to you for doing a good job raising him.
June 2, 2006 @ 8:57 am
Well, what a great perspective you have!
What a good looking kid! I mean, young adult. Uh-huh.
June 2, 2006 @ 9:10 am
Jackasses need love too.
June 2, 2006 @ 12:52 pm
That makes tear up and shutter at the same time. Soon my big guy will be in that same category. Not a boy, not yet a man, but 100% snarky ass.
June 2, 2006 @ 7:58 pm
Kentucky Girl Thank you… I don’t take a lot of credit though, I think I just got really lucky.
donna Thank you! I think he’s pretty cute, too. He’s proof that good things can still come out of the gene pool. LOL
MrsFortune LOL - Thank you very much. You know… you’ll blink twice and be there yourself. I’m just sayin’ it goes by so fast.
Joefish Yes, yes they do. I have to say that Ethan read this post and loved it… he thinks it is very funny that I refer to him as a jackass. Ugh… teenagers.
Crazy Lady You should have seen me at the graduation today. He came out to take his seat (in the long line of the Class of 2006) and I just teared up. I’d been so cool about it and WHAMMO there it went.
June 3, 2006 @ 1:27 am
Congratz! I too recently graduated but from university after a hard fought 5 years. I love that last line, it’s great!
June 3, 2006 @ 4:25 pm
I have an 8th grader graduating Monday night. Although I’m not sure they’ll let me into graduation, seeing how I’m much too young to be the mother of a high school freshman, and all.
June 4, 2006 @ 5:05 am
Awwww. I empathize, youngest will be a Junior next year. I can’t explain how it happens - weren’t we just at Chuck E. Cheese for her 10th birthday party last week? LOL
Handsome young man you have raised there - you should be mighty proud!
June 6, 2006 @ 6:14 am
He looks sweet! My son is a Sophmore in college and my daughter is a junior in high school. And yes, it does seem like just yesterday…..
June 6, 2006 @ 7:18 am
yes, but he’s YOUR jackass, and you love him anyway. those last 4 years go quickly.
June 6, 2006 @ 7:25 am
Hurray for graduating junior high! And your comment at the end… I’ll have you know I nearly spit out my coffee when I read it! Close call that was, lol.
Kestrel
June 8, 2006 @ 12:45 pm
LMAO! You crack me up Amy!
“I haven’t lost a child, I’ve gained a jackass.”
Congratulations to your teenager!
:-)3T
June 18, 2006 @ 7:54 am
Thank you for wanting to include me, but I respectfully decline. I’m not really into the whole tag thing.
June 18, 2006 @ 12:05 pm
Haha! Sorry, that was just payback. :P
June 18, 2006 @ 11:55 pm
I think lip balm is necessary in any lady’s purse…
:D
I wrote a tiny post in my blog about lip balm just now…
June 19, 2006 @ 7:28 am
pickled eggs?
I cannot fathom that….
June 19, 2006 @ 9:04 am
Joe Joe, Joe, Joe… it’s the thought that counts, right? ;o)
Kentucky Girl :oP LOL
Nadine I’d be lost with my Burt’s Bees. I keep one in my purse and one on my bathroom counter.
ChristieYou and me both. Ick, Ick, Ick…
June 19, 2006 @ 11:05 am
Holy Shit! I remember watching that movie and thinking “Josh Brolin is a hottie”!
June 19, 2006 @ 12:42 pm
GeminiWisdom I have to be honest and say that I thought Josh Brolin was such a hottie in “Goonies” later I had major “things” for Corey Haim (loved Lost Boys) and Sean Astin (pre-Hobbit, obviously)…
But the acting in this movie was really… ugh!
June 19, 2006 @ 2:30 pm
Oh, totally. Thought that counts. We’ll go with that.
June 19, 2006 @ 5:00 pm
We buy the same kind of presents! I couldn’t live without my footspa! :-)
June 20, 2006 @ 10:02 am
I love my Burt’s Bees! I have dozens of them, all over the house. Because, do I really want to walk 10 feet to the kitchen to get one? Nope!
June 20, 2006 @ 12:11 pm
JoeFish Hey.. that’s what my mom always told me so I’m stickin’ to it.
Zazzafooky It’s awesome isn’t it? I use a bunch of Bath and Bodyworks stuff with it (like the fizzy foot soak from True Blue Spa) talk about HEAVEN!!!
Crazy Lady Same here! I have the lip balm on right now, that stuff works MIRACLES!!!
June 22, 2006 @ 6:07 pm
I will do this! Soon! Along with the other tag you gave me awhile back. I’m sorry I’m such a sucky person to tag.