Welp. That happened.
We're home from dropping Zach off at his dorm. We could have stayed until 6 for a farewell dinner, but it just felt really, REALLY drawn out and he seemed ready for us to go.
Not the hardest thing I've ever done, but not the easiest, either. There were many tears from both D and me, happy tears "I'm going to miss him but so excited for him" from me and the more "shoulda woulda coulda" tears from D that made me more angry than empathetic.
And because life has to hit us with both barrels at once, DJ is going up to NoVa to spend the weekend with Pam. So it's just the two of us and the dogs here this weekend. Time to start that part of our lives, I guess. We haven't been "just the two of us" in over 21 years. I honestly don't know how that's going to go but I guess we'll see.
I'm going to take the Chelsea pup to the dog park like usual and start my new normal.
Not the hardest thing I've ever done, but not the easiest, either. There were many tears from both D and me, happy tears "I'm going to miss him but so excited for him" from me and the more "shoulda woulda coulda" tears from D that made me more angry than empathetic.
And because life has to hit us with both barrels at once, DJ is going up to NoVa to spend the weekend with Pam. So it's just the two of us and the dogs here this weekend. Time to start that part of our lives, I guess. We haven't been "just the two of us" in over 21 years. I honestly don't know how that's going to go but I guess we'll see.
I'm going to take the Chelsea pup to the dog park like usual and start my new normal.