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Graduated!
A week ago today, the boys graduated from high school. It’s hard to believe it’s over. Now we race to the first day of college in mid-August. Bleh. Saturday morning was the Baccalaureate Brunch at school, but it wasn’t really brunch so we went to Parkway for po-boys instead. And then the boys voted for the first time! We had a graduation party the Sunday before with friends and family and tacos…
First first and last last*
18 years, 5 months
Last week of high school!
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18 years, four months: the college decision edition!
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18 years + 3 months
I figure we have five more of these to do. Five! That’s it! Hopefully by the next one of these, we’ll have a better idea of where the boys will be going next year. We have some ideas, but nothing is set in stone yet.
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18 years + 2 months
218 months! Exciting college stuff is happening. Oliver got a very generous scholarship from Tulane, enough that he may end up closer to home than previously expected. No firm news from any other schools for the other two. But things are moving along.
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18 years + 1 month
No, I didn’t stop taking monthly pics when they became adults. Perish the thought! (But realistically, August will probably be the last one. Sob.) We went on a little adventure to City Park and the sculpture garden, which is why this month’s pic looks a little different. Thought it would be a waste not to use a pretty setting if we had one available! (I did take this on January 4, but I didn’t…
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2025 in review
It was a year of highs and lows, but never have I been so ready for a year to be over. (I’m not even going to touch politics or the state of our country but if you know me at all, you know which of the two that falls under.) January The year started by waking up on New Year’s Day to hear about a horrific attack just across the river in the French Quarter. Lovely. A few days later, my friends…
Adults!
Today, the boys are 18. EIGHTEEN. We went to our usual dinner at Texas Roadhouse last night (they’re supposed to have a game tonight, but the weather is pretty yucky so we’ll see) and they got shoes and socks as their gifts. Yes boys, adulthood is boring. And the 17 birthdays prior to this one:
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London, 2025
Better late than never, eh? I just want to document the trip to London Kiki and I went on. Our first trip together I think since 2000 or so. Pre-blog! I had a conference for work (the same one I went to last summer) and so the plan was for her to meet me afterwards and we would stay on for another several days. The trip didn’t start out promisingly – I was supposed to arrive the day before the…
17 years, 11 months
aka the last monthly picture as children. Some people have asked if I’ll stop when they turn 18. No, I will stop when I cannot take them anymore. I suppose next August will probably be the last one. 😦
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17 years + 2 months
I am very proud of taking this and posting it on the correct day! Especially since this was done mostly one handed. And with my left hand, no less! (Shoulder surgery was a week ago yesterday and holy shit did it hurt. Am starting to feel better now, but won’t have the use of my right arm for many weeks.) Boys are doing great, getting ready to start submitting college applications. Can you…
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17 years, 9 months
I don’t even know what to say here. They’re almost 18. Adults. It’s going to be a weird month. I’m having shoulder surgery in a couple of weeks. How am I going to be able to take the picture one handed? I’ll have to use my phone, I guess. Even that will be hard. The whole thing is going to be a lesson in letting go of control, which is not easy for me.
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The last first day of school
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17 years, 8 months
A week from today is their first day of senior year. (I’ll save any thoughts I have on that for next week’s post.)
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17 + 7
They had their senior portraits taken last week. I didn’t cry! So proud of myself.
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17 and a half
Don’t forget to take the monthly pic before we leave for the airport, I told myself. Okay, I forgot. Don’t forget to take the picture before we drop the boys off at my sister’s. Okay, forgot again. Thanks to Aunt Jenny for getting a pic of the boys before the day was out! We had a busy week in Virginia between my niece’s graduation, four college visits, and an MLS game, but it was a lot of…