J’s on a field trip with his class for a few days. Phones are all kept by the teachers, so we won’t hear from him until sometime Friday. I know he’s fine. It’s just weird. Three folks in the house. This is how it’ll likely be most of the time just over two years from now.

It’s what I *deeply* want – I want the kids to go live fully functional adult lives. I want them to have freedom and autonomy and be able to do things on their own. It’s just … weird. I guess that’s the whole “empty nest” thing that’ll eventually happen, and we’ll fill that time with travel & hopefully time with friends and other interesting things.

But it’s unsettling, and man – when they’re out in the world on their own, I’m gonna miss these days.