Life Marches On
Woman in the Middle | May 7, 2015In a little over a month my youngest daughter will be graduating from college. She recently went to a job fair and is already applying for jobs, because, when you are a mechanical engineering major, there are lots of jobs out there you can apply for.
A while back she told us she would probably live at home for a year before getting her own place. I don’t think that is going to happen. We don’t have many high end engineering jobs in inland So Cal and it is likely she will be working in Orange or Los Angeles Counties. That is one nasty commute from our house. Even if she takes the train, I have a feeling she will be looking for a place closer to work sooner rather than later.
Yes, she has been living at school all this time, but it still felt like she was mine during these past five years. Soon, that won’t be the case. She will be taking the table she saved from her grandmother’s house, picking though the large lamp collection I have saved for when my girls move out, and a new phase of her life and mine will begin. I expect Eldest Daughter to follow in her footsteps soon as well.
Then we will be on the phone, making plans to see her like we do with our friends. Oh my…sigh….
While I might fnally get that craft room I have been wanting, it will still be weird. Very weird. Glad you all will be along for the ride. I am going to need all the help I can get transitioning to this new phase of my life!!!
It’s another phase to watch your incredible daughters grow. I will be fun to visit them in their own home and see how it all shapes out. Good days are still coming!
One of the hardest things in life is facing the “empty nest.” It must be what the mama birds really do feel when they see their little ones fly off on their own.
What kind of engineering job is she looking for?
She wants to go into engineering design. That would be where she would design things or design systems.
I know how I felt at the thought of not having my girls here with me but after a couple of months or years it feels good to have a quiet house