We attended our very last parent/teacher conference EVER yesterday. Joe and I high-fived afterward, marking all those years of teamwork and parenting together. I'm not sure, but I think there was maybe only one conference that Joe and I didn't attend together--and that was because he was traveling for work. Other than that, we've had....oh.....17 years of attending bi-annual conferences in the name of our family. I could not begin counting how many teachers we have talked to in those years--I'm guessing it's around a cabillion or so.
Happenings and events are slowly wrapping up for us, and none to soon. We have had a taste of freedom and it is sweet. While I will miss these school days, I'm tired and I'm sort of ready for the work to end.
One of the teachers asked me yesterday if we were coming back to visit. "No" was the answer, said quickly and loudly, to his dismay. But I did promise to say hello if I should run into him at the grocery store. It's not about being rude, but more about moving on to our next adventure--whatever that may be. If I don't have a kid at the school, you aren't gonna find me hanging out there--that is just sorta sad and pathetic. There are some folks who do that--I don't want to be one of them.
I'm not sad about saying goodbye anymore--I'm ready to see what's next on the agenda.
Speaking of....
Happy Friday, pallies!
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Maybe it is that the reason I am not getting smarter is because I don't hang out at school. ;-)
Happy Friday to you, too.
Coming back to visit?!?!?! I wonder if anyone says yes to that,lol! Now you are at the beginning of a new adventure, I wonder where it will lead?
Such a milestone...and I'm sure you are ALL ready to see what is ahead in the next adventure. Heck, this will be a new adventure for you and Joe, too...no kiddos around. YEAH for that, huh? LOL! :) Enjoy EVERY minute!
Oh, and you really believe that none of your kids will be bringing their kids back for you to raise? (Snicker.) (Snicker.) (Snort!)
I've read that 'empty-nest" hits some folks hard but I'm betting you make the most of it...
That freedom is very sweet. Enjoy and savor it.
Awesome that you both attend conferences!!
Uh - why would you? YOU are not in school. Your kids are off to other adventures. That is rather creepy.
Wow! 17 years! That's some dedication! I will miss your band stories, lol.
Time to move on to the next stage in life! I know you'll have fun with it!! :)
My ex never went to one single parent teacher conference with me. Apparently it was my job.
Vanilla--Well, I think we'd have to go to class to get smarter. Just hangin' out in the bleachers isn't working for me.
Melodie--I might go back for a band contest, but I'm not going back to sit in those bleachers EVER. The last place I'd be? Parent/teacher conferences.
Sherrie--I'm ready to be done with homework, report cards, and parent/teacher conferences--having the kids around? Never. I'm going to miss them.
Jerry--Nope. I don't want to be one of those people. I hope that things work out well for my kids so they can raise their own families in their own homes like we did.
Grace--I think it will hit me hard, but hopefully, we will find some new things to do. It will be interesting.
Chuck--I'm looking forward to seeing what the kids end up doing and where they will go. And finding new adventures for us.
Diana--Always have. It is mandated that you are allowed to take off work for parent/teacher conferences--I don't know if many people know that.
Patty--Yeah, and what would we have to talk about??
Rebecca--I'm gonna miss BAND!
Candy--Yeah, I hope I still have good stories to report.
Ann--:( That's sad. What a big message that sends your kids, doesn't it? Joe always took off work to go with me and we'd speak to every single teacher--including the gym and art teachers.
Hooray for embracing the changing seasons of life. You will enjoy it, I'm sure. You just do.
So many thoughts come with this post: I wish I had had someone with me at each parent/teacher conference. How wonderfully nice! Even when I was married I did all of those things alone. Secondly, going back to school? Hmmm... well, I have popped up with Amber who wanted to go back and visit. But I was not as involved in her high school as I was in elementary and middle. The younger ones are "gathering" life supporters and mentors along the way. So we have two or three from headstart that are still apart of our lives, one (so far) from elementary school... I so look forward to the empty nest and I get a little taste of it every other weekend or so.
Especially now that Amber doesn't live at home. It is bitter sweet and I can not wait at all to explore the next chapter in my life.
And, by the way {whispering}, I do have a beau. So the prospect of sharing that new chapter with someone is looking up.
Yep, time to move on to yet another phase of life! How about breadmaking, pally? It's so therapeutic!!
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