Well, now that things have slowed down a bit, I thought I'd take a minute to update everything. Saturday morning, DD#1 graduated high school (along with 652 other students.) She's had a rough go the past 5 years (she has had to deal with a fellow student stalking and harassing her since 7th grade) but she finished and did it with a good GPA, to boot! We're so proud!
And because DD#1 was graduating, it meant my ex-husband and his parents were in town to celebrate with us. Normally my ex makes me want to get all stabby but he somewhat behaved himself (other than the "we're not screaming, we're just disagreeing with each other in loud voices" incident at the Japanese restaurant Friday night, which resulted in DD#1 walking out of the restaurant - LOOONNNNGGGG story that I just don't have the energy to discuss.) For the first time in years, I was around him and not wanting to do something that would require DH or a good friend to provide bail money. This was also the first time in the 14+ years DH & I have been together that DH's incredibly awesome brother got to meet my ex-husband. I'm still not sure how they never met before.
As usual, I had a lovely time with his parents. I really do like them. The amount of love and concern they show DD's #1 & 2 is amazing (and the fact they love DD's #3 & #4 really speaks volumes about them.)
All in all, it was a very good weekend. Here's hoping that, when we do this again in a year for DD#2, we have a similar experience. *fingers crossed*
And... that was basically the gist of my entire weekend (Friday - Sunday.) Just dealing with the conflicting emotions of being proud of DD#1 for graduating, being happy that she's going on to bigger and better things, being excited that her life is really starting to take flight, being sad that she won't be around every day, and being stunned wondering where all the time went, as she turns 18 on Thursday. I swear she was just 5 years old and rolling her eyes at me when I attempted to kiss her goodbye on the first day of kindergarten. Where did it all go? I guess all I can do is sit back and hope we raised her well enough to be become a productive member of society. Based on the poised and confident young woman I saw walk across the stage to accept her diploma, I think we did okay.
Now it's just time to sit back and rest up, for Thursday's going to be big. DD#1 turns 18, it's the last day of school for DD's #2 - 4, DD#2 has a doctor's appointment later in the day (hopefully we get some answers about the mysterious reddish/purple blotches on her leg), and I get to make a red velvet cake. Naturally, I'm taking a half day, so I can attempt to do everything. Although if it does get hectic, I can always run over to White Flower Cake Shoppe in Beachwood and grab some red velvet cupcakes (seriously, if you're ever in Northeast Ohio and you want to try the best cakes ever, White Flower is a MUST SEE!)
Oh, one last thing... is it possible for my house to stay clean longer than a day or two? The house was cleaned to "visitor" level on Friday and was completely trashed by Saturday evening, thanks to all the party stuff that came home from the park where we had the party. Maybe if I stopped playing Candy Crush and reading Fark.com, I might have the energy to clean up more.... NAH. lol
Gotta run. Words With Friends is calling. : )
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