My oldest daughter is moving home with the grand. We aren't ready, nor will we be when she gets here. She's going to have to help us paint their rooms. That's all there is to it.
My son (who lives 20 hours driving-distance away presently) recently moved in with his alcoholic father, having left his arrangement of living with an older female cousin. *sigh* Oh, and the cousin whose home he left? She's wanting to speak with me tonight. I don't mind, it's just there's a lot going on right now. I'm sure she needs to give me her "side", but honestly? I'm already there. I know my child. I know his faults, I know the pros and cons of him, and I know how things go. I was honestly impressed that he lasted as long as he did in one spot. I'm sure she needs to get it out of her system though. I'm okay with that.
We don't have any *new* drama with my oldest step, Jr, and that's good. (No, I don't know who the kid is that he's holding in the picture below, but the picking of the nose part is hilarious! This was my stepson's facebook photo when I last looked.)
We had to get Ryan on a bus to Florida Tuesday morning which required all kinds of planning, packing, and forms out the whazoo since he's travelling with his school band. His bags and things had to be inspected prior to being loaded. It's amazing what school kids go through as a "norm" in today's world, mmm?
Ben? Ah, he's at a great age. That said...well...he waited until we were walking out the door this morning to tell me he couldn't find his fraction flash cards, needed lunch money, and I don't remember what the last thing was...we were literally stepping out the door while he was pulling things from the nether-regions of his book bag. Oh, and I picked him up at the park yesterday. He'd "found" his girlfriend. It's a long 2nd grade story, but basically this round be-freckled girl of no hair asked Ben "out" during the fair in August 2009. He said yes, they rode together one night, and hadn't seen one another since. Until yesterday afternoon.
This is life with 6 kids. I've come to that conclusion. There is NEVER going to be a slow, dull, or otherwise insignificant moment because now the kidlets are multiplying! And their husbands and children now impact us too, don't they? And when one has that many I guess life can simply NEVER be dull, someone will always need something, something will always need planned, and someone will need mama in their corner. It's just as it is.
I sometimes wonder what life will be like for the Jolie-Pitt kids when they're grown and start out in the world. I can't imagine having kids all across the world as having them scattered in the US is difficult enough.
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