Senior Moments :: Losing It

I came across a blog today entitled: 13 Signs Your Kid is Graduating from High School and You’re Totally Losing It. I thought, what? Me? No way.

I invite you to read the whole article from Soulfeed, but here is the list part of it (and how it may or may not apply to me):

1. You’ve turned into mom-parazzi—obsessed with taking photos and videos of them throughout senior year because you’re haunted by the fact that you haven’t actually completed a photo album since their first year of life. (Tons of pictures, yes. But at least I have his scrapbooks up to date)
2.  There’s a box of graduation announcements sitting on the dining room table, but You. Can’t. Even. Go. There. (Most of those are sent so I don't HAVE to think about them.)
3. You suddenly feel guilty for EVER missing one of their sporting events and have vowed to attend EVERY SINGLE game this spring—even the “away” games. (Even very far away games.) (Pretty much made it to everything, thankfully.)
4. You stare at the atrocity of their bedroom, deeply concerned for their lack of laundry competence but secretly thrilled that they’ll soon have to face this challenge on their own. (He's good at laundry. More concerned about him making his bed AND waking up to an alarm.)
5. You start panicking and make a list of essential life skills you still need to teach them. (Still gotta work on the cooking skills and balancing a checking account.)
6. You take some stealth measurements of their bedroom and wonder how long you need to wait after they leave before it’s OK to turn it into a home gym. (No way am I changing it!!)
7. You realize you can’t afford to buy home gym equipment (or even a gym membership) because you’ve recently discovered the brutal reality of what it’s actually going to cost to send your kid to college. (Somewhat true.)
8. You contemplate setting things on fire while trying to navigate the online FAFSA process (AKA the 8th circle of hell). (Got that out of the way, thank goodness.)
9. You’re fanatically savoring their “lasts”—their last Easter at home, last prom, last practice, last game, last band concert, and their last awards banquet. (100% YES, THAT'S ME!)
10. There’s not a single day in May that you don’t have SOMETHING scheduled that relates to their graduation. (Quite a few, that's for sure!)
11. You find yourself awkwardly inserting random tidbits of “life advice for the future” into every conversation with them. ("Make good decisions!")
12. Your senior brings home a form about “cap & gown” fitting and it totally takes your breath away. (That's pretty much how it went. No requirement to call 9-1-1 or anything.)
13.  You’ve become that person who wistfully advises parents of young children to enjoy every moment because it goes by so very, very fast. (Just said that this week, in fact. Treasure them while they're young. The grow up too fast!)

Good to know I am not the only one "suffering" through this! It is joyful knowing he's moving on and has goals in life. But for now.... I'm KEEPING HIM!