The kid graduated high school! This is our last of 5 kids (two borrowed for a year) that we graduated from this high school. To say it is the end of an era is an understatement. We are still sorting out our feelings on the end of having kids in K-12 schooling. Logically, we are okay. Emotionally, slightly less ok.
The kid is working on housing options for college – some of which include not living in our house anymore. We get it. This is a time when kids want their independence and they are eager to get started on adulting. We’ve agreed to a few options that allow her to scratch that itch while still maintaining some safeguards, at least for the first year. More on that when a final decision is made.
And that move?
You may have heard, we’re staying put for a minute. The housing market is not where we want it to be and we don’t see if improving during the selling season (now through August) this year. So we’ve settled in and are enjoying all of the improvements we made to the house to sell it.
Now what?
Don’t think for a minute that since we aren’t selling the house this summer that we are sitting in rocking chairs on the back porch! This summer we will take a few long weekend trips. This is Gene’s busy season at work, so long weekends are all we can swing until the weather cools down.
We also devised a way to bring in some extra income, since we still have this pesky mortgage to pay every month. More on that in the next blog post!
We’re also going to be enjoying our time with the kid. As we mentioned above, we aren’t sure what her living situation will be and how soon it will start, so we plan to enjoy the last few months of being three people in this house instead of two.
This feels weird
The day after the kid’s graduation party, which was the true last thing on the graduation list, felt weird. Parenting school-aged kids has been our reality for over two decades. Two Decades. Who even are we if we aren’t guiding kids through school, making sure their homework is done, that they are ready for the science test, driving them to practice?
We’ll figure out a new normal, and we’re happy to bring you guys along for the ride as we do. But for now we will take it one day at a time.
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