The boy’s been gone for over a week. It’s not all that much different around here, since he was gone so much over the summer, so I guess his strategy worked; all that time away to “help me with my separation anxiety.”
Truth be told, the only one in the family who is seriously brokenhearted over the missing boy, is the dog.
Clover has been waking us up at 3 or 4am to go outside. He’s never done this in his life. He whines at night and wants to either sleep in our bathroom or outside the boy’s room. He mopes. I’m thinking of putting the phone to his ear the next time the boy calls. He’s snooping around in the woods just beyond our yard (his fur is full of burrs tonight) as if he’s seeing if maybe the boy is out there somewhere.
The boy is also doing fine — likes his roomie, meeting lots of new people and so far; going to class!
The girl commands our full attention when she’s not at school, doing homework or at some after-school activity. She’s loving being an only child.
I’ve been terribly consumed with work — part of why I haven’t even had time to mourn the boy too much, or post an update here. But I’m fine! Really!
There’s been some exciting new work coming my way and some business travel planned for the near future. Posting might be sparse (of course every time I say that I follow with a rash of posts.)
Oh, and just so you know, Bossy’s son also went off to college this fall.
