Katymac Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 DD is grumpy & unreasonable All her stuff is all over the place (it tends to live in bags in the cupboard term-time) I have no time to myself So many clothes get washed (rather than leotards & tights) Mind you my petrol bill has been lower........& I like spending time with her but enough is enough 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anjuli_Bai Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Tomorrow you will miss having her stuff all over the place. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katymac Posted January 5, 2014 Author Share Posted January 5, 2014 Are you sure.......I think I'll just be able to throw the discarded bags into the cupboard - so still stuff just more easily moveable stuff!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anjuli_Bai Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Yes, I'm sure.....if not tomorrow.....then as you sit by a window one day and think back..... 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katymac Posted January 6, 2014 Author Share Posted January 6, 2014 She went off about 3:15 (with my mum as DH & I were working) & now I'm off to bed for a bit before collecting at 9:30 School starts tomorrow.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulieW Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Anjuli's so right - never wish for their mess to go away - once they've left home for dance school/college/job, you'll wish the mess was back!! 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 My children went back today, it's good to have a routine, I didn't miss the early starts, but I was just about getting used to constantly picking up their 'stuff' all day. Anjuli is right, my eldest should be going off to uni next year....and I already miss him....xxx 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 (Posting at the same time as Julie) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belljul Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 I know what you mean Katymac. So much mess!! The shoe mountain; the full washing baskets; the spaghetti of phone charger cables!! But I just went into my boys shared room which has been a tip over the holidays and had to sit down with the force of their lack of presence 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2dancersmum Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Two of mine have now gone again but somehow DD's room still looks like a bomb hit it, although for my son the mess all disappeared when he did. DD is so tidy when she is away but so messy at home. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulip Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 My daughter is really tidy, she is like me likes things tidy. She even tidies around her big brother when she is home, he just grins and bares it. The thing I miss when she goes back to school is her cuddles. Even when she bakes she is tidy and organised, it's great. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billyelliott Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Yes ! I can see the lounge floor at last DS is gone with his mess and piles of uniform , shoes and bedding for another term ! The noise has gone too - no more incessant singing and jumping around , no more loud debates with younger DS . By the end of the week I will be missing him again ! ( but not all his stuff !) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaris Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 I never thought I'd miss the mountains of washing...but now the laundry basket is empty again 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anjuli_Bai Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Strange that we don't realize when we are happy. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinMM Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 I guess we take it for granted a lot!! It's only when we're not happy we realise when we were!! A bit like health.....it's only when something goes wrong with our bodies that we fully appreciate how wonderful the body is when in full health. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katymac Posted January 7, 2014 Author Share Posted January 7, 2014 I actually like this bit; DD is happy & busy doing what she wants/needs to - I am happy & busy doing what I want/need to. There isn't often too much conflict between our needs and we each respect the others requirements. During the holidays resentment can build about "I'm not doing what I want - I'm doing what she wants" from both DD & me!! Whereas now we are each happy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billyelliott Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 I think I would only be really happy if I could have him away dancing all day , but be able to just see him on a camera or somethingfrom time to time during the day just to be sure he is happy....I love being at home with him but not keeping him from dancing .....I love the noise and banta , but not his frustration at the need to keep quiet and not wake dads on night shift .... If only we could have our cake and eat it !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All4dancers Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 My worse day was yesterday. When I left for work in the morning, dd was snuggled in bed asleep. When I got home, she had gone. Four weeks seems an awfully long time right now, but even though it's hard, I'm happy she is away at school. Trying to keep her here with me would be like trying to hold on to a butterfly. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katymac Posted January 12, 2014 Author Share Posted January 12, 2014 & she went back to associate today Which was really lovely Her mood has improved as the week went on, as did her maturity (lots of nagging on Monday, virtually none last night) I DO think dance is good for the girl! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CeliB Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 DS flew this morning. I drove him to the train station and felt physically sick at the thought of him going. Probably won't see him now til June (he's unlikely to come home just for the one week of spring break). So am now crashing round the house cleaning in the hope it will occupy my mind, whilst also sporadically bursting into tears. Despite the mess and washing and late nights and nagging and knowing he is absolutely in the right place doing the right thing I am bereft. Thank goodness for the other 3 to keep me occupied. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinMM Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 That is a long time to wait till June!! Can you do video Skype at all? Perhaps it's not allowed at the school he attends! So sorry to miss him last Tuesday hope he will come to class in the summer some time! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CeliB Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 oh yes we skype loads- but it isn't quite the same (plus with his schedule and the 5 hour time difference I have to stay up really late to see him!). think he's aiming to be home for some of the summer and hopefully will come to class- depending on which SI he ends up attending Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katymac Posted January 13, 2014 Author Share Posted January 13, 2014 Goodness me CeliB - I can't imagine that....mind you I can't imagine 4 children either...... I hope you are both OK and that the other children can deal with him being away OK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CeliB Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 my 6 year old was found on Saturday in her coat and shoes with 2 packed suitcases and a backpack with snacks, ready to go to America. She said DS would show her the way and she was intending to stay for 'more than just a few days' (hence the 2 suitcases). This morning, on being told that DS was off to America and NOT taking her with him, she refused to say goodbye because she was so upset not to be accompanying him Yes they all miss him... 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katymac Posted January 13, 2014 Author Share Posted January 13, 2014 Oh bless - poor sausage My mum felt the same way about stowing away with my brother & niece when they went home to Sweden after Christmas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinMM Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Oh dear hope DS has recovered from little sis not saying goodbye and little sis has recovered from DS leaving her behind!! Hopefully after everyone had had a good nights sleep it will be fine by tomorrow!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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