All the misery was abated today for a pre-father’s day bit of fun at the grandparents house; continued with some somber father’s day cake at my parent’s house.  Followed by the most amazing sunset on the drive home.  It was a good day today.  

All the hoop-la has ended all the celebrating and nervous energy has been spent.  We are currently sitting in the living room among boxes and boxes of boxes that were delivered today by UPS.  All that my daughter was in New York is now home on the West coast.  

Yes, she is home and she is miserable and it isn’t fun!  My son is home too and he is bored and wanting to get his first job, he is miserable as well.  My mother is dealing with my father and she is miserable too.  My dad doesn’t know who or where he is so that makes him just miserable!  My husband is in a kind of limbo, so he is just a bit miserable.  It is hard when all you have to do is wait.  We have nothing more to do but wait on other people to do their jobs.  I have always been told that stress increases when you have no control over a situation; this is one of those times.  I believe that the trick here will be to not take it out on one another, not to be say evil and nasty things while we wait. 

I did this, I am the all knowing mother, always controlling, always in the background.  Sometimes I am completely miffed as to why or how I created children that can't even do the simplest task without informing me or seeking my approval before they partake.  I see it now but I still don't understand how I was able to do this so thoroughly.  Oh my!