Earlier this week, we visited Zeke's new middle school. This is where he's going to be spending the next three years of his academic life, grades 6-8. I was a little surprised at the sheer size of the school building. It reminded me of when I went to visit my high school all those years ago and being made to feel really, really small.
We headed for the gym, where family and incoming students were gathering on the bleachers. We sat through the principal's greeting and presentations made my the school counselors. There's a lot of staff on hand, I guess because now we're talking about prepubescent "tweens" who come with their own set of drama.
Oh God...DRAMA!! That's one thing I hadn't factored into the parenthood equation thingy. No wonder they have TWO counselors on staff!! *raising eyebrows*
As we walked into the gym, my son's friends called out to him to come sit with them. Hubby and I let him go, and his little bro went along, too, because he knew some of them. Hubby and I found seats near the back so we could keep an eye on them. Minutes later, one of the girls in Zeke's class, a cute little thing who seems to have become good friends with my boy, bounded up the stairs to sit with them.
Oh, Hubby honed in on this in a heartbeat like a hungry fox who just spotted a fluffy white bunny digging in the carrot patch! He's been known to give Zeke a hard time about the increase in female interest in the past year. I'm trying to be the "good parent" so that he'll still come and tell Momma all the details, provided I swear not to tell Dad.
Good thing he's never made me show him my fingers crossed behind my back. :-D Every parent knows those details get shared. Pffft!!
It was eye opening though, seeing him sitting with his little buddies. They're getting ready to embark on a new chapter of their young lives. And they seem so...young. But they're not. It's us parents that are having a hard time letting our babies go.
I wonder if maybe I'm the one that's not quite ready for this next step. Pretty soon, it'll be high school and cars and college and jobs and women and grandbabies...not necessarily in that order, I understand, but we're gonna try. Ha!
Yeah, this whole growing-up-in-the-blink-of-an-eye thing...that's gotta stop. Just sayin'.
