I’m borrowing this format from Bet.

UP: We had a great weekend celebrating Jeremy’s birthday. We went to Gatlinburg on Saturday and visited Ripley’s Believe It Or Not Museum, something the kids have wanted to do for a long time.

DOWN: I got stung or bitten by something while walking around Gatlinburg. I became aware of a piercing pain in my back and tried to shake whatever it was out of my dress (how it got from my past-knee-length dress to mid-back, I don’t know). It was red and painful for a while and then itched for several days, but it seems to be early gone now.

UP: I think we had a good blend of doing things and then just hanging around, relaxing and talking while Jeremy was here.

DOWN: Jeremy went back to RI yesterday.

I DON’T KNOW HOW TO CLASSIFY THIS ONE: Jesse passed his driving test yesterday, got his license, and took his first solo drive this morning, to school. UP, that he passed, that he’s taking another step toward independence and adulthood, that he can drive himself to school and activities, that he can run errands for me. 🙂 DOWN, that it’s scary, at least at first, and that he’s taking another step toward independence and adulthood because that’s another step towards leaving home.

UP: I resisted the urge to follow him and make sure he got to school okay.

I DON’T KNOW HOW TO CLASSIFY THIS ONE, EITHER: Today is the first day of the last year of high school of my last child at home. Senior year is exciting….but it’s the first of a year of lasts…