feeling blue today - everyone is leaving

[airhead]

This week, we were blessed by putting up 2 young ladies from Austrialia that are over here doing a play at Disney. Troop of 60 kids from their high school drama department. My daughter\'s drama department found housing for all of them. We delivered them to school this morning where they loaded up on a bus and are off to Las Vegas for a night, then on to LA and back home to Oz.

My youngest is leaving this morning to go watch her boyfriend graduate from Marine Corps Boot Camp. She\'s got about a 6 hour ride up with his parents and will be back Friday.

Vince\'s Round Robin dwarf finally got some paint on him from my brushes and is off to Oz as well. (I know I\'m late, but with a house full of girls all weekend, I did not get to paint. ).

Boy, the house is going to feel empty tonight.

 

[supervike]

Quiet evening alone with the wife?

Bwom chicka Bwom Bwom!

That will get your out of your funk!

 

[airhead]

Ahh, but the oldest is still there. She leaves in 2 weeks to see her fiance graduate from Army boot camp.

 

[Sand Rat]

So take the wife out and see a movie.

 

[Dragonsreach]

Ok, I\'m not seeing a down side to all this Kevin.

 

[Highbulp Billy]

Originally posted by Dragonsreach
Ok, I\'m not seeing a down side to all this Kevin.

Yup, nothing but jealousy from me too. I\'ve got to wait until December before I get the flat to myself and some quality painting time. Problem is, with the amount of things I\'m buying between now and then, hardly any of it\'s going to get done

 

[Dragon Forge Design]

I agree with Vike, Id buy the oldest a fist full of movie tickets for her and a girlfriend and have the house to yourself :twisted:

 

[airhead]

Another cup of coffee to shake the funk off. Just early empty nest syndrome.... Realization that my kids are about to leave the house all growed up - wether I like it or not.

Yep, the rest of the week should be quiter and maybe I can get some painting or terrain done.

 

[Torn blue sky]

Man! My folks couldn\'t WAIT to get rid of us!!! Well...maybe not mother...
Still the last laughs on me cuz Iv\'e had to temporarily move back in (muwahahaha) Mums really are great! Iv\'e barely cooked since I got back here!
My old man puts up with me cuz I buy shopping (most importantly beer and vodka). Its\' all good, I bet they\'ll be back at some point...

 

[supervike]

Originally posted by airhead
Another cup of coffee to shake the funk off. Just early empty nest syndrome.... Realization that my kids are about to leave the house all growed up - wether I like it or not.

I can empathize actually....As my girls become older and become more active in being away from us, I am slowly starting to realize I am not going to be the most important thing in thier lives forever.

I love my wife dearly, but I will be sad when the house is just ours, and the kids are off living their lives.

Why can\'t they just stay eight forever?

 

[matty1001]

As soon as im gone, my dads packing up and moving to the scottish borders to be a YHA warden assisstant! He can\'t wait to get away and live in the sticks!

 

[hakoMike]

Originally posted by supervike

Originally posted by airhead
Just early empty nest syndrome....

I am slowly starting to realize I am not going to be the most important thing in thier lives forever.
...
Why can\'t they just stay eight forever?

Aw, great. Now you\'ve gone and made me melancholy. (girls 7 and 5, boy 2)

 

[spazzy]

My mom was all tears when I headed off to basic right after graduating high school. After I got out of the army, hubby stayed in, and we were in El Paso. He got unaccompanied orders for Korea, and there was NO WAY I was going to stay in El Paso on my own. (Horrible town, armpit of America as far as I\'m concerned) I had decided to move back to my hometown while he was gone, and somehow my mom convinced me to move in with them for the year. Yeah, that lasted about 3 months. My parents and I get along so much better when we\'re not living together. But, Airhead, I\'m sure you probably have a better relationship with your girls than I do with my folks.

Our daughter is staying with my MIL on Friday, so we get a date night. First time in months. I think Chinese food sounds good! Maybe a movie.

 

[philologus]

Originally posted by spazzy
My mom was all tears when I headed off to basic right after graduating high school. After I got out of the army, hubby stayed in, and we were in El Paso. He got unaccompanied orders for Korea, and there was NO WAY I was going to stay in El Paso on my own. (Horrible town, armpit of America as far as I\'m concerned) I had decided to move back to my hometown while he was gone, and somehow my mom convinced me to move in with them for the year. Yeah, that lasted about 3 months. My parents and I get along so much better when we\'re not living together. But, Airhead, I\'m sure you probably have a better relationship with your girls than I do with my folks.

Our daughter is staying with my MIL on Friday, so we get a date night. First time in months. I think Chinese food sounds good! Maybe a movie.

Spazzy, My wife and I were both in the Army too. You are right about EP. and Juarez sucks as well. Bliss is an ironic name for that post.

 

[the alleycat]

Whats the saying? Something like \'Daughters are gods revenge on men\'... something like that

 

[MPJ]

Geeze, I got a boy (6 at the end of the month), girl (3) and an unknown (-5 months). I can\'t wait for them to go, but I suppose that\'s cause there are still so many years between now and then. They were at the MILs for about a month earlier this year while we were renovating the house and it was bliss.

 

[spazzy]

Fathers wouldn\'t worry so much, but they remember how they were when they were their daughters age.