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CellarDweller:
Hello Bettermost Friends!
So, who has plans for the weekend?
Tonight I'll be cleaning the apartment a bit.
Saturday I have a "good-bye" party for a cousin who is moving away.
Sunday will be laundry and family day.
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Penthesilea on August 04, 2016, 11:29:56 am ---The day after her 18th birthday my middle child (yep, the Japan one) wants to go on her first trip without an adult. She and her friend (same age) want to go to Amsterdam. I'm not happy about two very young girls alone in a huge city. Trying to persuade them on Berlin instead of Amsterdam. Would at least be the same country. But I do know where my kids got their travel bug from.... :-X :laugh:
--- End quote ---
I know, I worry when my kids go anywhere. Like my younger son, 20, is driving to Chicago today for a couple of days to look for a new apartment to live in during the school year. He'll be fine -- he still has his old apartment in Chicago, so he has a place to stay -- but still I'm somewhat worried because that's just me. I'll want him to call me when he gets there, plus other times during his stay. If I have something short to say, I can text him.
Then I think of how I moved out west when I was 19. I drove out with my friend Karen, in a little car she'd bought from her mother for $1 that had a hole in the floor through which you could see the highway. We had a few hundred dollars apiece but didn't know where we were going to work or live once we arrived. We got to Aspen, CO, our original destination, then decided to leave because it was expensive and the drinking age was 21 (at the time, it was 18 in many states) and we wanted not only to be able to drink but to wait tables in restaurants that served alcohol, so at the last minute we went to Sun Valley, ID, instead. Found an apartment, jobs, etc. Had a great time. I returned to Minnesota in the fall but went back to Sun Valley again the next summer.
My parents let me do it and I don't even remember them seeming that worried! And they couldn't keep in touch with us by cell phone -- even a landline call in those days was expensive "long distance," so we weren't in frequent contact. Were parents just less nervous back then, or what?
CellarDweller:
Hello Bettermost Friends!
I did leave the apartment, so there!
The family reunion/good-bye party for Scotty jr. was a lot of fun! Saw a bunch of my cousins again, and had some laughs and drinks!
Sunday was the usual.....laundry and dinner with the family.
and now......back in my cubicle.
:)
CellarDweller:
Hello Bettermost Friends!
LMAO! Talk about confused priorities!
Anyway, how is everyone?
Sunny and hot here today, but not as humid as it has been, so that's a blessing.
I can't believe that in less than a month, it will be Labor Day.
CellarDweller:
Hello Bettermost Friends!
Happy hump day!
Hope that everyone's doing well! The positivity I found myself in not long ago continues to surround me, so I'm feeling good!
No plans for the weekend yet, which is fine, considering last weekend was a bunch of traveling for me.
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