It has finally happened...after 24 years. My youngest child left the house under his own power....well, our power, a Toyota Truck. I am no longer responsible for getting ANY child to school. No more carpool!
It's been a long time since the morning was completely my own (although I did get up out of habit and try to make him breakfast).
My husband and I raised 5 children. My oldest began preschool at about 2 years old. That was 24 years ago. Since then, I've been involved in some form of child-transportation. My step-kids went to school near their mom (she worked at the school) so often I would drop one of mine here and then hoof it 15 miles up the freeway to drop them off...and reverse it in the afternoon.
The past couple years has been a shorter commute...but still by the time I picked up the other boys, it was still about 45 minutes each morning.
Of course it's rewarding to pick up teen-aged boys in the morning! :) For my effort I was greeted with a series of grunts and growls depending on the question and/or the perceived prying. "How was the game last night? Did you guys win?" ...... "grunt, growl, NO..." Oops :)
This morning, I'm sitting at the coffee table (such a gorgeous sunrise that I brought my laptop out of the office to enjoy it). I'm having my second cup of coffee in my PJs and enjoying the quiet. Ah.....finally, I'm done. 24 years after I started!
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