Airing my fresh laundry!

One of the oft repeated remarks from other parents is about ASid visiting us only because he has some dirty laundry to do! This may be true in most cases or maybe it is just an urban myth! In ASid's case, it is the latter.

ASid is home for the holidays and he got all his laundry done before he got home!

The reason I am bringing this up is because Hans was sick for over a week before the holidays and missed the last 5 days of school. I already had 2-3 loads of laundry to deal with! I was dreading adding 2-3 more loads to that! However, ASid's laundry was done and neatly folded ... just the way Momley would do it!

I am so very proud of the boy. In the 18 years that he was home, I never made him do laundry; however, we had several conversations in laundry rooms over the last 18 years! Just before he moved into residence, I did a laundry demo and got him to take some mental notes. That was enough!

Now that ASid's first semester of university is wrapped up and 2019 is almost done, I realized that I have fewer posts this year than the last 2 years. It was probably because I was busy and the boys were busy.

The boys provide the content and motivate me to write. The continued existence of this blog depends on them.

So, here is an extract from a recent conversation:

Momley: If you are on the computer and not doing your work, you are not fooling me; you are fooling yourself!

Hans: Don't worry mom! I am doing my work.

Momley: OK then! Just make sure you don't end up with a minimum wage job.

(Since ASid started university, employability has become a topic of interest. Hans has a few years, but first year of middle school has been eye opening for him. There is more homework and more teachers and more expectations. It has been a tough transition for the boy. Since it will only get tougher with high school and university, ASid and I keep giving Hans a reality check whenever it is warranted. A minimum wage job is fine if Hans is able to live with it. There is no shame if one is able to pay one's bills and live respectfully within one's means. Somehow, it may be challenging for Hans … or maybe not! Doesn't matter. Reality checks are good.)

Hans: Don't worry. I will live in ASid's basement.

(It is not like the boy takes any of the reality checks seriously!)

ASid: I will not have a basement. I will be living in a penthouse!

(That didn't sound like an invitation for Hans to live in ASid's penthouse!)

These are the kinds of exchanges I miss the most with the boys currently living under 2 roofs. Their lives are changing rapidly. ASid has a new girlfriend now. He brought her home on Christmas Day. This was the first time ever he brought a girl home.

Hans had this to say about that: Mom, this may sound a little cringe-y; but this is a Christmas miracle!

I am not sure if ASid's new girlfriend is indeed a "miracle"; however, the boys are my miracles each and every single day I live and breathe. When I write about them, it is like airing my fresh laundry!