Question: Anyone else feel this way?

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AFBoyMom

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As a mom knowing I am about to send my kid off to college, I am taking this opportunity to enjoy him being home instead of at school... :)

Not trying to minimize the significance of COVID-19; but certainly a bright side for me , who has cried more this year than I care to admit... I am wondering if anyone else is taking advantage of the extra time home...

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AFBoyMom said:
As a mom knowing I am about to send my kid off to college, I am taking this opportunity to enjoy him being home instead of at school... :)

Not trying to minimize the significance of COVID-19; but certainly a bright side for me , who has cried more this year than I care to admit... I am wondering if anyone else is taking advantage of the extra time home...

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I feel the same. I’m taking this opportunity to enjoy the moment - family meals, no sports practice, pray as family, enjoy each other.
 
AFBoyMom said:
As a mom knowing I am about to send my kid off to college, I am taking this opportunity to enjoy him being home instead of at school... :)

Not trying to minimize the significance of COVID-19; but certainly a bright side for me , who has cried more this year than I care to admit... I am wondering if anyone else is taking advantage of the extra time home...

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My son and I were laughing about this last night! He commented that he hadn’t seen me cry or get teary eyed since last week when we heard school was cancelled through the end of April. I admitted that I was loving the extra time! Don’t get me wrong, I’m a nurse and on the front lines of COVID-19 so I know this is a national crisis, and I’m heartbroken for the class of 2020, but selfishly I’m treasuring every last second! :)
 
AFBoyMom said:
As a mom knowing I am about to send my kid off to college, I am taking this opportunity to enjoy him being home instead of at school... :)

Not trying to minimize the significance of COVID-19; but certainly a bright side for me , who has cried more this year than I care to admit... I am wondering if anyone else is taking advantage of the extra time home...

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No, you are not ... I homeschool all 5 of my kids (well not the 2-year-old) and you would think that we get to spend all this time together ... not so much. Between robotics, Krav Maga, Sea Cadets, and it seems like a billion other things it seems the last couple of years have just been a whirlwind. Yesterday I was sitting downstairs working and I was smiling as I was listening to all the kids hanging out talking, laughing, and just being together. Its been a while since I have heard genuine stress-free laughter from my dd, and it made me happy :)
 
I love it as long as I don’t go down into the basement. Their man-cave. I have 5 young adults here now for the foreseeable future. My mid, another college aged, two seniors and a freshman in high school. All boys, all big eaters.

THEY are having a FANTASTIC Time. I love that they are. But it gets A little “frat-housy” around here. I blow a gasket if I go down into the man-boy cave aka “gaming central”. For my sanity I stay out.

I told them how lucky they are to have each other.... it’s a good time down there! I however am cooking for the masses now. It’s for sure a challenge, although I LOVE The hugs 🤗
 
justdoit19 said:
I love it as long as I don’t go down into the basement. Their man-cave. I have 5 young adults here now for the foreseeable future. My mid, another college aged, two seniors and a freshman in high school. All boys, all big eaters.

THEY are having a FANTASTIC Time. I love that they are. But it gets A little “frat-housy” around here. I blow a gasket if I go down into the man-boy cave aka “gaming central”. For my sanity I stay out.

I told them how lucky they are to have each other.... it’s a good time down there! I however am cooking for the masses now. It’s for sure a challenge, although I LOVE The hugs 🤗
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I hope you have some more estrogen in the house... LOL

I understand the boys eating you out of house and home... when my son's friends come over they raid the pantry and the basement always looks like a frat party took place the evening before... :)

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I guess we are one of the "lucky", maybe unlucky ones whose cadet is still away, since USAFA kept the C1C's.
At least we know she is probably safer and less exposed out there than at home.
We did hope to make a trip out to CO in April for a weekend to see her and finalize graduation arrangements for a party, but, now we just play it day by day and hope for the best.
Our oldest daughter is due within a couple of weeks with our second grandchild, a boy this time. We may not be able to see her and her family or the new baby any time soon even though they only live a couple of hours away. I was supposed to go help her for a week after the baby was born. This is probably not going to happen, either.
For those who have their children (adult ones included) home, even though it may drive you nuts for a short time, appreciate every moment.
For those in a similar situation as I, just stay in contact and let them know how proud you are of them and that you love them.
 
justdoit19 said:
I love it as long as I don’t go down into the basement. Their man-cave. I have 5 young adults here now for the foreseeable future. My mid, another college aged, two seniors and a freshman in high school. All boys, all big eaters.

THEY are having a FANTASTIC Time. I love that they are. But it gets A little “frat-housy” around here. I blow a gasket if I go down into the man-boy cave aka “gaming central”. For my sanity I stay out.

I told them how lucky they are to have each other.... it’s a good time down there! I however am cooking for the masses now. It’s for sure a challenge, although I LOVE The hugs 🤗
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You all just need to come to my house- I have 4 teen-aged-young 20's girls. All that estrogen has it's own unique challenges :p Plus 2 teen boys. my extroverts are going nuts and the introverts can't stand the constant, close contact. I told them to go outside.

When you go shopping, you're not hoarding! Just feeding the masses!
 
HawkeyeMom said:
You all just need to come to my house- I have 4 teen-aged-young 20's girls. All that estrogen has it's own unique challenges :p Plus 2 teen boys. my extroverts are going nuts and the introverts can't stand the constant, close contact. I told them to go outside.

When you go shopping, you're not hoarding! Just feeding the masses!
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Yep I get looks at the stores for my cart. No hoarding here at all...no place to put any hoard with normal required food levels. I’m not kidding.
 
justdoit19 said:
I love it as long as I don’t go down into the basement. Their man-cave. I have 5 young adults here now for the foreseeable future. My mid, another college aged, two seniors and a freshman in high school. All boys, all big eaters.

THEY are having a FANTASTIC Time. I love that they are. But it gets A little “frat-housy” around here. I blow a gasket if I go down into the man-boy cave aka “gaming central”. For my sanity I stay out.

I told them how lucky they are to have each other.... it’s a good time down there! I however am cooking for the masses now. It’s for sure a challenge, although I LOVE The hugs 🤗
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wow!!! that is a lot of boys!!! they will all have lots of fun during this time, you will be cooking up a storm!! I have 3 home, 2 college and 1 junior in high school.......only 1 boy though! good luck over the coming weeks!!!
 
In a good way! He's always been a good cook.
His Jambalaya was legendary on Scout campouts. About 30 of his recipes are in our Troop's Grubmaster Handbook, which he created when he was an ASPL (Scoutspeak for "Assistant Senior Patrol Leader")

Yep. I'm bragging. Not ashamed at all. :biggrin:
 
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Our daughter lives on her own, and is her job is still running regular schedule. Our youngest (about to be an empty nester, sob) is home. I feel badly that it is just him, I wish his sister was home and he had company. For the time being, he is being smothered by me.
He had pretty much decided he was 'over' high school and ready to transition to USNA. Now he is just concerned about potential changes to IDay and his actual graduation.
He also was scheduled to attend Boys State as incumbent governor and counselor, that of course is up in the air.

I do really feel for these seniors. So many rituals that are going by the wayside. He told me last night that he just really misses interacting with his teachers the most.
He made some pre-made tortellini last night. When I saw the portion (the WHOLE family size bag) I was dumbfounded. I questioned whether or not he had misjudged his capability to consume it all. He looked at me like I had grown a second head. He finished adding pesto and fresh parm, and consumed it in its entirety.
Back to the store we go.
 
Heatherg21 said:
Our daughter lives on her own, and is her job is still running regular schedule. Our youngest (about to be an empty nester, sob) is home. I feel badly that it is just him, I wish his sister was home and he had company. For the time being, he is being smothered by me.
He had pretty much decided he was 'over' high school and ready to transition to USNA. Now he is just concerned about potential changes to IDay and his actual graduation.
He also was scheduled to attend Boys State as incumbent governor and counselor, that of course is up in the air.

I do really feel for these seniors. So many rituals that are going by the wayside. He told me last night that he just really misses interacting with his teachers the most.
He made some pre-made tortellini last night. When I saw the portion (the WHOLE family size bag) I was dumbfounded. I questioned whether or not he had misjudged his capability to consume it all. He looked at me like I had grown a second head. He finished adding pesto and fresh parm, and consumed it in its entirety.
Back to the store we go.
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LOL at the last part... pulling at the heart strings for the first part of your comments... I can relate to anticipation from my son... and then with everything going on - the realization that the traditions may be missed now. I don't think he truly took stock of those events until they started to get questioned as to whether they will actually take place... Interesting times for all...
 
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