This week Emily had a trip over to BYU (the cursed school that didn't accept her) for a German language festival. She and her friend Morgan had to make a DVD for the competition. Now, I don't know any German, but it involved library books, a pig hand puppet, a hammer, and a video camera. They had a great time making the video, and Emily only stayed up until 2 am the night before to finish the editing on it. The next day she left after school and headed out with some other students and was gone for about 24 hours. So Erik, Scott and I got a little taste of what our life will be like once Emily departs from school.
Over the last several months the senior year has seemed to suck up our entire family. Between hectic schedules, college choices, German exchanges, and other Senior stuff, our lives have been revolving around a certain 17 year old. Not that I have enjoyed the experience, I'm just wondering why the senior year has to last a whole year, not to mention the expense. Every time we turn around there is another $300 dollars having to go somewhere. So now we are in the final push, about three weeks to go, and in about 5 weeks she will leave for Germany for 3 weeks. Then it will be teaching her how to do her own laundry and off to Golden. Not that the rest of us are counting the months...
Well intentioned friends and co-workers have made several comments to me about how much I will miss her once she is comfortably ensconced in her residence hall...I smile and say, "We'll see...". The truth of the matter is I will miss her, but we could use a little break from all the hub-bub. Erik is counting the days until he is an only child and Scott is looking forward to getting his workshop back. (Oh yeah, that has been taken over and put on hold while we are doing the Architectural Design class this quarter) So we shall see...but we have to send her away to miss her....
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