Things at Cal Poly are heading to a wrap-up. Once again we celebrate our graduating seniors and second-year interns who are moving on. It's hard to imagine SLO without some of them!
Freshman high school baseball ended with a close game, Jason beating out yet another throw to first, a tri tip barbecue and a banquet, and one last picture of mom and son in his uniform. When I looked at this picture I noticed something odd - Jason is so much taller than me now. At the start of soccer season, just 7 months ago, he was just shorter than me. This explains why he has been so hungry! And why he started the school year in size 8-and-a-half vans and is ending them in size tens.
After all of the 'end-of-the-year' events are finished, I am really really looking forward to a little down time with these amazing kids, just enjoying their company. And trying not to get too nostalgic and sentimental.
Freshman high school baseball ended with a close game, Jason beating out yet another throw to first, a tri tip barbecue and a banquet, and one last picture of mom and son in his uniform. When I looked at this picture I noticed something odd - Jason is so much taller than me now. At the start of soccer season, just 7 months ago, he was just shorter than me. This explains why he has been so hungry! And why he started the school year in size 8-and-a-half vans and is ending them in size tens.
Grace is experiencing a bigger ending - the end of high school. Graduation is in a few short weeks. I have never really worried about Grace doing anything well - she is weirdly good at just about everything she tries. Recently she learned to sew and made me 5 pillows that look like they came from a designer home store. So it has been no surprise to me that about once a week we have gotten a nice letter from the high school inviting us to some kind of event to celebrate great students, meaning Grace. This week we will be going to the 'Top 30' Reception. Next week, scholarship night. I will try not to gloat too much, but it is really difficult when you know that your child is the best of the bunch. It's strange for Jamey and I to feel so conflicted - proud, joyful, and excited for Grace's accomplishments and future, and yet sad and a teeny bit scared that she will be heading off into the world (ok, I know that 'the world' is Cal Poly SLO, a mere 8 miles from our door, and a place we go just about every day, but still...it's symbolic).
After all of the 'end-of-the-year' events are finished, I am really really looking forward to a little down time with these amazing kids, just enjoying their company. And trying not to get too nostalgic and sentimental.
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