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Whirlwinds
My son never ceases to amaze me. From the smallest things on up to the largest things, he always gives 150%. Except where his bedroom is concerned. He can rival the most fickle of teenage girls in this area.
So imagine the look of complete astonishment on my face last night when he announced that he was going to clean his room. I've gone in there to pick up a little, vacuum what floor space was visible, collect stray dishes, and throw away garbage. This is no easy feat when you have to wade through car parts, stereo equipment, and clothes enough to take care of 1/2 the county we live in and have enough left over for himself for the remaining days of the year.
Three hours later, he emerged with two garbage bags filled to the brim, ready to be delivered to the dump. Another garbage bag full of clothes to be donated, and yet another only 1/2 full of clothes that he wants washed. After arguing to remove a clog in the vacuum hose, he vacuumed the floor and even used the hose attachment to get the dust bunnies in the corners. As impeccably dressed as this child of mine is every time he walks out of the house (not to mention how spotlessly he keeps his truck), he finally had a room to match.
Such a proud mom I was, thinking that now he had the space in his room to move about without tripping up on a pair of pants, computer wires that had been tossed from the spare parts box, work at his computer hutch without having to shuffle papers or move last nights midnight snack dishes! I was elated! Until I asked him what possessed him to do such a thing, what bug had crawled up his backside that he just HAD to get his room clean.
His response? "So you don't have to deal with it while I'm gone, mom."
The brakes on my happiness engaged real quick, bringing me from beaming momma to blubblering fool yet again. I didn't even have but a few short moments to enjoy the fact that my son had deep-cleaned his room before getting hit with the reality as to why it was actually done, and the whirlwind of emotions started all over again.
I am a strong woman, and I will come to grips with all of this. But for the moment, I'm at the mercy of the whirlwinds of final preparations to send him off to boot camp, as well as the uncontrollable emotions that overtake me from time to time.
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Comment by nyyoli on September 11, 2011 at 10:52pm
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LUKY U i had to clean his room..omg what a mess it was ..
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