Letting Go

Drummer Boy got his driver's license yesterday! Yay!!! Of course, there is the caveat that we still accompany him on the freeway. Okay, make that Dad accompanies him on the freeway since I don't have the stomach for it. And I'll probably drive with him at night for a little longer. And maybe during the day, too. Let's just say, he's not getting his own set of keys yet, okay?


I spent the last two days helping our art teacher pack up her room. Our school is not going to have a separate art lab next year due to budget cuts. There were supplies in there from the 60s and 70s, if you can believe it. We dumped so much stuff in the trash I think the world's global temperature went up a couple of degrees. Someone must have ordered supplies every year without inventorying what they already had. We threw out so many full gallons of paint--it was so sad. But it had been sitting there for years and was all separated and nasty now. Tons and tons of stuff. But the room is completely done now, and I've been snagged for more purging duty tomorrow. It's very freeing, throwing away other people's things. It's like spending a million bucks on television ads in one day. What fun! I think I'll dedicate my college career to that. Oh, wait. I did do that.

So I came home and threw out all our old markers and pens that were dried out. I also put a whole stack of expired credit cards in the shredder. I'd been meaning to do that for ages! If I can just keep telling myself that all this junk belongs to somebody else, it will be a whole lot easier. Next I'll go online and order lots and lots of fun things and pretend someone else will pay the bill. That sounds like fun! Just kidding, sweetie.