The seasons of change...
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phynckeIt is Fall. This is my favorite season of the year. Happy Fall everyone!
This weekend was pretty busy and lots doing. We (my friends and I) had to take J's son NP to college yesterday down in Santa Cruz. He is starting as a first year student at UC Santa Cruz. All sorts of emotions around this. Excitement for him, pride at his accomplishment, sadness because we are going to miss him. All that stuff. We had to leave pretty early as he had a 9:30 am move in appointment and it takes 1.5 hours to get to SC from Oakland. We made good time and skipped out caffeination stop. It was a lot of fun doing the move in thing there. Lots of cheering from the upper class students who staffed move in day and it all went pretty smoothly. NP did not have a huge amount of stuff and we only had to move it up one flight of stairs. He and I ended up doing it as J went to get his dorm fridge at the bookstore. We got the room set up in about 10 mins and let J set up the bed. I think that is something a Mom should do for the kiddo. The only snafoo was that NP forgot his monitor power cords so we had to run around Santa Cruz to buy those and that kept us there for a while. We would have been out of there at 11:30 am had it not been for the cords. We did stop at CVS and picked up some dorm room provisions - chips, popcorn, soda, laundry soap and other things he might need. We dropped that off, hugs all around and booked it out of there. We stopped at a great brunch place on the way back and then drove through a rain storm back to the Bay Area. J had a few crying jags on the way back.
This is going to be hard for J to deal with. I spent today keeping her busy so she would not dwell on her empty nest. We did some shopping, hiked, got our favorite coffees and just kept busy. I think I will need to keep her busy for some time. NP is her only child and I think this is going to surely be hard on her. We are going to do work outs during the week and activities on the weekend. Busy is good.
In other news -
I saw a great movie this weekend "Prisoners" with Jake Gyllenhaal, Hugh Jackman and a great supporting cast. The overall story is about child abduction and the desperate investigation and recovery of the children. Very tense, intense and terrifying movie. Strong performances by all in the cast and really a horrifying look at serial crimes. I am not a parent so it might have been easier for me to watch but I imagine this would be hard to watch if you have children. The fear factor is palpable. This movie solidified my admiration for Jake Gylenhaal as an actor. Very strong performance by him. He is how you would like every cop to be - determined and dedicated.
So that is all I have. Hope you are well there and enjoying life. Things are good here. Back to work tomorrow. La.
by yueshi at mondlichtung - livejournal.com
This weekend was pretty busy and lots doing. We (my friends and I) had to take J's son NP to college yesterday down in Santa Cruz. He is starting as a first year student at UC Santa Cruz. All sorts of emotions around this. Excitement for him, pride at his accomplishment, sadness because we are going to miss him. All that stuff. We had to leave pretty early as he had a 9:30 am move in appointment and it takes 1.5 hours to get to SC from Oakland. We made good time and skipped out caffeination stop. It was a lot of fun doing the move in thing there. Lots of cheering from the upper class students who staffed move in day and it all went pretty smoothly. NP did not have a huge amount of stuff and we only had to move it up one flight of stairs. He and I ended up doing it as J went to get his dorm fridge at the bookstore. We got the room set up in about 10 mins and let J set up the bed. I think that is something a Mom should do for the kiddo. The only snafoo was that NP forgot his monitor power cords so we had to run around Santa Cruz to buy those and that kept us there for a while. We would have been out of there at 11:30 am had it not been for the cords. We did stop at CVS and picked up some dorm room provisions - chips, popcorn, soda, laundry soap and other things he might need. We dropped that off, hugs all around and booked it out of there. We stopped at a great brunch place on the way back and then drove through a rain storm back to the Bay Area. J had a few crying jags on the way back.
This is going to be hard for J to deal with. I spent today keeping her busy so she would not dwell on her empty nest. We did some shopping, hiked, got our favorite coffees and just kept busy. I think I will need to keep her busy for some time. NP is her only child and I think this is going to surely be hard on her. We are going to do work outs during the week and activities on the weekend. Busy is good.
In other news -
I saw a great movie this weekend "Prisoners" with Jake Gyllenhaal, Hugh Jackman and a great supporting cast. The overall story is about child abduction and the desperate investigation and recovery of the children. Very tense, intense and terrifying movie. Strong performances by all in the cast and really a horrifying look at serial crimes. I am not a parent so it might have been easier for me to watch but I imagine this would be hard to watch if you have children. The fear factor is palpable. This movie solidified my admiration for Jake Gylenhaal as an actor. Very strong performance by him. He is how you would like every cop to be - determined and dedicated.
So that is all I have. Hope you are well there and enjoying life. Things are good here. Back to work tomorrow. La.
by yueshi at mondlichtung - livejournal.com
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Date: 2013-09-23 03:11 am (UTC)So, when Bec goes away to college will you come up here and keep me busy? *Sniffs* Oh man, I'm gonna be a basket case...
It's my weekend so I'm happy, happy!
♥
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Date: 2013-09-23 04:18 pm (UTC)Happy weekend to you! :) Woo!
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Date: 2013-09-23 03:30 am (UTC)Your review of Prisoners is interesting...my other friend who saw it, HATED it. H A T E D it. Especially the ending, which she graciously spoiled for me. ;P
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Date: 2013-09-23 04:21 pm (UTC)I really liked this movie though it was hard to take. Maybe it made her uncomfortable. Definitely not comfortable. And I loved the ending but it did not wrap it up in a bow for you - kind of real there. I can see how it was not for everyone but for me, it all worked. It was gritty really. Not sure what kind of movies she likes but Jake Gyllenhaal and Hugh Jackman were amazing here and it had a lot to keep interest but not comfortable and nice at all.
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Date: 2013-09-23 03:05 pm (UTC)You are a good friend to J :)
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Date: 2013-09-23 04:22 pm (UTC)I try to be. :) I had fun. I was very excited for the kiddo.
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Date: 2013-09-23 03:40 pm (UTC)Poor J - you spoke once before about how upset she was at the idea of him eventually going away to college and now the time has come. You're being a good friend there *hugs*
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Date: 2013-09-23 04:24 pm (UTC)She is having a hard time with the empty nest thing. I am trying to keep her busy but she has to face it too. This is ultimately a good thing as he is a success and going to a great school. :) But J is having it rough right now. *hugs*