2011 - a year that may just break me

So I'm going to be totally honest with you, my blogger pals, this is truly going to be a rough year for me. In fact, it has a little bit already but just work wise and that seems to be going a little bit better day-by-day now.

The reason this will be a tough year is because in just over a month I will embark on my 40th year here on this earth. Or am I already in my 40th year? I guess that would mean that technically I am already in my 40th year. Geez, I just depressed myself…I was trying to hold it off until April 14th but not sure I can hold it back now.

I will also be seeing my baby boy, Austin James, graduating from high school. : ( I've been going through pictures to get his grad party scrap book ready and really feeling the years have slipped by faster than I could have ever imagined. Truly, when an older person tells you on your graduation day, wedding day, the birth of your first child to hold on to those years and savor every moment, they really know what they are talking about. I can't believe I have a 17 year old about to graduate and start college. Another doozy of an event that I'm not ready for, emotionally and financially.

It seems for this first year anyways, that Austin has decided to go the community college route, probably starting this summer and try to get as many classes completed and then apply to Michigan State for his sophmore year. We've been waiting on pins and needles for his acceptance and they just strung us along, probably because of his borderline 3.4 gpa and low ACT score, while they fill their coffers with scholarship kids. It just didn't make sense to Rich and I that a smart kid with parents paying $20k a year for his education wouldn't get accepted right away. Oh well, next year.

He plans on, at least right now, getting a degree in Wildlife & Fisheries, which would allow him a job in several arenas, but probably government and along the lines of conservation, would be his direction. I, jokingly, tell him he's going to be a cop for animals rights. I'm very proud of him and think he'll do great, whatever he decides on.

Yep, it's gonna be a tough one this year. Sigh.