Let the baby go!!

I let my baby go on her first long distance bike ride with her sister today. And I shall bite my nails till they return. They both just got new bikes for the summer and Sara especially has been riding hers all over the place. Megan pretty much has stuck around the house because its her first bike with the ability to change gears. So they asked if they could ride down to town and get Ice Cream then if Megan handled herself well they are headed to Stony Brook Park to go swimming. It is nice and quiet here with just the big kid playing on the computer so I am trying to enjoy the peace and quiet and resist the urge to drive down town to check on them. I know they will be fine and I need to let go. It will be good practice for when my oldest leaves for college in a little over a year from now.

Ian and I are going to look at a few colleges in the Boston area at the end of this month. I think it will just be he and I so we can spend some much missed alone time together. We had talked about maybe combining the trip with a short visit to Maine and taking everybody but the two of us sounds much better. I miss the talks and snuggles we used to have when he was procrastinating going to bed at night. And now he is working I hardly ever see him and if I do it to say good night because he is so whipped from his day. And he is starting football practice week after work is over so I will never see him. So this will be a good chance for us to hang and spend quality time together. The husband and I had wanted the kids to pick a college close to home for their first year just in case they have the crash and burn syndrome hit but Boston is okay and a few other places away from home because there are people near enough that I would trust with my child's life so it won't be so bad. I still will be freaking come this time next year but we will be prepared, right?

Yesterday was a nice reprieve from the heat but unfortunately it didn't sick around its hot and humid again today. We got a lot done in the pasture removing burdock bushes from about half of it and was going to finish up today but grrrrrr not. I was hoping to accomplish it before my next adventure in body part removal on Wednesday. I tried to do way to much yesterday and I am paying for it today. Which in part is a good think because if I wasn't in so much pain I might have gone out there myself today and tried to finish it up. I haven't been very good since returning from camp and my doctors appt on Tuesday she said some people just heal slower and I was still pretty raw but healing fine. Then she asked me if I had been having sex and I almost choked. UM NO FREAKING WAY!!!! Don't normal very often and sure as hell not when I have stitches down there. Geesh.

I have to venture out to the barn and check water troughs and horses. Hopefully it has cooled off a little. Update hopefully on Thursday.

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