This is (almost) farewell
5.29.09
The intent when I began this blog last June was that it would run from the beginning of June — when Sean was going through his last days of high school, taking final exams, doing all of his final senior-year activities, graduating, and going to SOAR — until the end of May, when he would have finished his first year of college and settled into whatever the summer might hold for him.
Then the plan was that a different first-year parent would pick up the tale to make observations and share impressions about high school ending, the post-senior summer, and academic travails and triumphs at the UW during the next school year — but make it uniquely his or her own.
At this point, though, I’m not sure whether the intent will match the reality because it’s not clear whether I’ll have a successor.
What I am clear about is that this will be my almost-last post, and I have nothing more earth-shattering to say than this: I’m working at home today and peeked in on Sean a little while ago. It was 11:35am, and he was still sleeping. (I’m cutting him some slack for two weeks or so until the work of the summer really kicks in. I figure he needs the sleep.)
Anyway, I don’t think I’ve ever seen him look so comfortable or serene as he did just now. I stood and watched him for a long while, just to soak it all in.
Then the plan was that a different first-year parent would pick up the tale to make observations and share impressions about high school ending, the post-senior summer, and academic travails and triumphs at the UW during the next school year — but make it uniquely his or her own.
At this point, though, I’m not sure whether the intent will match the reality because it’s not clear whether I’ll have a successor.
What I am clear about is that this will be my almost-last post, and I have nothing more earth-shattering to say than this: I’m working at home today and peeked in on Sean a little while ago. It was 11:35am, and he was still sleeping. (I’m cutting him some slack for two weeks or so until the work of the summer really kicks in. I figure he needs the sleep.)
Anyway, I don’t think I’ve ever seen him look so comfortable or serene as he did just now. I stood and watched him for a long while, just to soak it all in.
