well tho my college son came home last summer, he decided to stay in Boston this summer--he's actually become cognizant of the problem of moving all that stuff (like Mermaid, our Jeep was piled up to the top and even had a roof carrier!). He'll come back home in late June to help us drive to our new home in Memphis, then we'll fly him back--its been weird thinking about buying a new house that he'll never really call home.
Meanwhile, daughter is graduating from high school, and her college is in western NY (Geneva--near wine country)--so we're piling all the winter stuff in the jeep now, and going to Geneva to find a storage facility. NO sense in hauling it all to Memphis and then flying it back. she'll spend the summer with us.
I know what Kimmifunn means by the tension--college son really chafes when he comes home--but I worry too when he's out late. He won't drink and drive, but I think you can count on the fact that anyone out driving past midnight has been drinking--and then of course, he's a real slob, so my laundry piles increase and the laundry room looks like a mogul hill!
But I'll miss him this summer--and daughter after that. Independence is what we're trying to give them, but no one ever explained just how hard it is on the parents!
