Oh, The Places You'll Go

From the moment I woke up this morning I've been over today. I couldn't figure out why. Or maybe it's that I knew the reason all along I just chose not to accept it. I've been trying to be strong and remind myself that this is another step in life. I went through it and survived so have millions of other kids and I know mine will, too. It's just so scary sending him out into the world of middle school. He's pretty stoked about it so far. He met some of the middle school teachers not long ago and he wants to join band. I'm keeping him at the same school all his friends from elementary school are going to so I know he'll be fine but this seems so much harder than sending him off to elementary school did. He's had the most wonderful teachers ever at SDES as well as staff members, room moms, PTO members. We've been blessed with people who care about each individual child and love them the same as they would their own. We've made a lot of friendships over the years.

Tonight is middle school orientation. He's ready. The question is am I? And I can certainly tell you, no I am not. I'm worried will he know where his classes are? Will he be able to use a locker? Will he get picked on for being the under class man on campus? Will he still be stand up for himself? Will he be assertive enough to say when something is bothering him? This year he had no problem telling his teacher when he was having a hard time. I want him to still feel confident enough to do that. To speak his mind. I want him to form the same kind of bonds with his middle school teachers as he always has with this elementary school teachers. I want him to know the good kids from the bad kids, as he always has, and choose not to associate with them. I want him to stand up for, not only his friends, but other kids, too.

Nobody tells you how hard the pre-teen years are but to those friends of mine who have children younger cherish each and every moment because they do fly by. I just hope that I've instilled a good sense of self esteem and values in this kid and that he can fly as effortlessly through middle school as he did in elementary school. He's come a long way from kindergarten to now. From a little boy who spent the first few weeks of kindergarten crying because he missed me but being strong enough to keep pushing through to being the kind of young man who is friends with everyone and has no problem asking his teacher to be moved because the kid he sat next to bothered him. He knows what he needs and isn't afraid to ask. He's nothing like me at this age and that's a great thing. He makes me proud of the guy he's becoming and he makes me proud to be his mom. {Now, it's time for me to invest in some water proff mascara.} Here we go Class of 2021.

“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go...” ― Dr. Seuss, Oh, The Places You'll Go!

Weekend Wonderful.

This weekend was wonderful. One of the bet I've had in a while. We didn't have anywhere to go, nothing pressing to do. Our boy spent the night with his Mimi and Pa Friday night and his best friend Saturday so we didn't even have our kid. We got two days/nights to ourselves.

Friday afternoon we were at Mom and Dad's house hanging out with Uncle Scott, Aunt Melody and Emily. Aunt Melody and I got to sneak away for a couple (3) hours and go to Hobby Lobby and Five Below. It was so nice to be able to talk to my aunt and just hang out together. We really never do that and I'm not sure why, all I know is that it is a must! We'll be doing more of that! Friday night we stayed at mom and dad's so late playing Heads Up. We got home after 11 {Party animals}.

Saturday morning we got up and enjoyed coffee on the back porch, then we went and got lunch @ Chick-fil-A {in our pajamas}. It was a nice, slow morning. We finally got showers and went to Target and Hobby Lobby (yes, again!) We went and picked up our boy and took him to his friend's house. We drove around town with the tops off the Jeep for a while after that, then decided we were hungry and went to our favorite hole in the wall Chinese restaurant, Schezuan Village. The owner has known my fiancé since he was 3 weeks old and still remembers him so we like to go visit every now and then.

Sunday was a nice lazy day. {Maybe this was the day we went to Target} it was such a relaxing weekend I forget. Anyway after we picked our boy up from his friend's house we came home and Alex and I sat on the back porch for hours just listening to music, talking and I gave myself a mani/pedi. It was amazing. Sunday night Dylan came and sat on the back porch with us for about an hour and we talked. It was by far, the best.

Currently I am....

❥Making: sure the laundry gets done. It never really ends though.

❥Cooking: nothing. I really need to find a recipe for dinner. Pinterest to the rescue!

❥Drinking: Sweet tea because that's how we do it in the south, y'all.

❥Reading: Fizz and Frosting's Blog. I just found her blog, she's pretty much awesome.

❥Wanting: to stick my toes in the water and @$$ in the sand. Yeah, you guessed it! The beach. Can we go now please?

❥Looking: at Pinterest and Fizz and Frosting's blog. 3 tabs open. My computer tabs are pretty much like my mind. So much open and going on at once. No wonder I can't concentrate. Can't say I'm ever bored.

❥Playing: nothing right now but that reminds me I need to play Tetris Blitz and beat my bestie. Watch out, I'm coming for you. (Just kidding, you always win).

❥Wasting: time. Lots of time. It's Friday. Who cares?

❥Watching: Saved By The Bell.

❥Wishing: life wasn't so complicated and that everyone got along. We don't have to hold hands and sing Kumbaya but just to be together and enjoying it. Laughing, loving and making memories.

❥Enjoying: peace and quiet. It gives me time to think, to clear my head, to focus on what makes me happy. As Audrey Hepburn said, or maybe it was Marilyn Monroe, it doesn't matter, I love them both. Anyway what one of them said was "I restore myself when I'm alone."


✯That's settled, it was Marilyn.

❥Waiting: for the weekend to start. I love being home with my guys and sleeping in. Yeah, sleeping in! It's my fave!! and then coffee.

❥Liking: my pretty, cozy house. It's more than a house really because we've made it a home. Our home.

❥Wondering: If a bird could possibly be stuck in the chimney? How would I check that anyway?

❥Loving: The warm Georgia sunshine!!

❥Hoping: for that beach trip soon! I'm not joking about this, y'all.

❥Marveling: At the beauty of spring. I love the warm sunshine, the rain storms, the bright sun that I can sit out in and feel so refreshed. It's perfection after being cooped up so much this winter.

❥Needing: to get my tail feathers in gear and register for college in the fall and plan a wedding. Nope, not much going on around here. Just kidding!!

❥Smelling: my new Sugar Blossoms candle from Target.

❥Wearing: pink cotton shorts, pink tank, white and tan striped shirt...pretty comfy but I still feel cute.

❥Following: my heart. It doesn't lie.

❥Noticing: the beauty in every day things. Beauty is everywhere if only you believe. I believe.

❥Knowing: that I'm finally where I always wanted to be. Let's get married and get my degree and life will be the best it's ever been.

❥Thinking: How lucky/blessed I am to have all the people and things that I do in my life. It's more than I deserve but God thinks I deserve it so I must.

❥Feeling: content with life.

❥Bookmarking: blogs that I'm obsessed with.

❥Opening: my life up to more happiness than I ever thought possible. New family, new friends, new possibilities.

❥Giggling: at Saved by the Bell. It never gets old.

❥Feeling: Joyful and Content. No one can steal my happiness and even if they do, the moment I'm at our home in my honey's arms I'm happy again. Some people will never be happy with themselves or life, those people are toxic to us yet sometimes we can't let them go. People like that I try not to let them affect me but sometimes, honestly they do. Maybe it's because everything I do I do with passion. I feel my emotions so passionately or maybe it's that I care too much but honestly I can't change people. I can only be a little bit of sunshine in their life and not let them be the storm in mine.

Hello May.

Hello Spring.

Hello opening the pool.

Hello flowers blooming.

Hello to my son's last days in elementary school.

Hello to a month slam packed full of activities.

Hello beginning of summer break.

Hello college applications.

Hello wedding planning.

Hello eating healthier {again.}

Hello blessed life.