It's a date!

Each year I buy myself a cheap and cheerful calendar. It's for appointments, functions and all sorts of family and *me* stuff. It's the type of calendar you can hang up. You know the kind, it has a picture at the top and then a month view down below!  It can be found on my desk, among all my other bits of rubbish. It keeps me on track with what is happening in my life.

This year I decided to buy two. The second calendar is for Nick. I am going to use it to jot down my thoughts on the things I want to do with him. It could be RDI on the fly reminders, planned engagements, activities at home and/or outings. I figure that having the calendar as a visual reminder will be of huge benefit, (fingers crossed!).

Nick's calendar is there to motivate me and keep me moving forward. It is there for me to plan some goals AND to follow through with them. Nothing like having a visual reminder to get my a into g!

Sigh!

I am struggling a bit at the moment. My first born is off to University at the end of the month. Although I feel excited for him and so ready for him to leave the nest, I do admit that I am going to miss him terribly. 

It's a bittersweet time for me. If all had gone according to plan, Nick would also be counting down his years left at school and making plans for his future. However, here we sit. Staring into an abyss and thinking about how life has unfolded for us. Thinking about the days, weeks, months and years in front of us. 

I am not one to be a pessimist, but hey, sometimes I have to allow myself a pity party, work my way through it and then move on.