The weeks that have passed since the kids have been gone can so far all be measured by what we have done on the weekends. It has been fun, and eye opening. I have talked about most of them except last weekend and this past weekend. I am going to touch base on those because in their own way they had a lot to do with the Sarah and Zach.
Two weekends ago on Sunday Brian and I decided to go for a drive straight East - it was beautiful out and the trees were at peak colors, we got to Bay City, went to State Recreation Area and then decided to go to Frankenmuth (Little Bavaria). As we were driving there Brian had on his German accent (laugh out loud) and once we got there we took pictures of all things German, we even tried to recreate a photo or two that Sarah had sent us! Although we were clearly not in Germany with Sarah and there was a "park like" quality to the whole town it made us think and talk about her all day. How "wowed" we are by the things she is doing. How proud we are of her for taking this leap. How excited we are for her future plans for this coming year and yes, how jealous we are that she gets to do all this great stuff! We are so darn happy for her. We ate cheese, sausage, pastry and had a great day. It did not give us a sense of longing to see her but just gave us happy thoughts and stories. Not being able to Skype, that was really difficult, especially as the days went by and we all tried and COULD NOT MAKE IT WORK! Finally today, yes today, I was able to Skype with Sarah and all is right with the world. I look forward for Brian and Sarah having that same time very soon.
This past weekend we went to visit Zach at MSU. On Saturday we had tickets to the Homecoming football game. We arrived at 10:00am and I was immediately overwhelmed by the shear volume of people! 70,000 people and I believe they were all at one tailgate or another. The quantity of food and beer that was being consumed at 10:00am was madness. We had touched base with Zach but knew we wouldn't see him until after the game since he had student section seats. Brian and I got to our seats and I knew I would not be moving again until the end of the game - 69 rows up and packed like sardines! AWESOME game though as MSU came away with a win and are currently undefeated! Zach found us at 1/2 time to say hey - what a wonderful feeling I had just giving him a quick hug. I hadn't seen him in 6 weeks! I could go on to all of the details but then this would go for pages rather then paragraphs. Zach had no plans other then to be with us until we left on Sunday. My boy has grown up. It was so fun to be with him and great to hear about school, classes, exploits (I am sure there are some we don't even want to know about!) and people he has gotten to know. Mostly it was good to see with him and hang with him. I really think that Zach has found a sense of calm at a school of 45,000. I hope that he succeeds and continues at MSU, he certainly seems like he is on his way. I left yesterday loving the son we raised very much! I look forward to being with him at Thanksgiving. I am grateful that he and Brian get to have a guys weekend in a couple of weeks.
Here is something that didn't REALLY occur to me until we got home last night. I am not the only empty-nester in our house! That may sound dumb or selfish but when I thought about writing this blog I thought about what I would be going through or feeling. It took Brian finding me last night while I was putting stuff away to remind me that I am not the only one going through this. Now, I won't talk about Brian's feelings because that is not my place (too much), but... the house feels "empty" after returning from a great visit. It's quiet. Brian was able to say that, he misses the kids. He likes to hang out with his kids. Me too.
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