However, in case you need to return to that thread the link below will return you to the Beginning of the thread!
We are reaching the end of our Halloween adventure long weekend with our grandsons (5 & 2.) Our son and his wife returned a few hours ago. The kids are in bed, and we get to relax “for real” now. What a whirlwind!
Being in the SF Bay Area for even a few days has me saying, like Dorothy, “We’re not in Kansas, anymore, Toto!” It always feels like another country here to me. Life is over-scheduled, and full of pressures and stresses that I don’t feel in the Midwest or the South. Is it pretty? Sort of. But yeah, it has it problems.
Here, the roads are blocked periodically because it’s flooded over. Why? Because they don’t build a sea wall to keep the high tide out. It will harm the animals. (Will it really? Don’t people count at all?)
Look, I love the environment, but shouldn’t there be a happy medium? Because 2-3 blocks of roads are underwater, you must take a 20 minute detour. Makes no sense to me, not that anyone has asked.
I will miss our grandsons till our next visit, likely February or March next year. I had to set limits on their behavior a couple of times, and tears do not sway my mind when a child crosses my line. Cry as long as you want if it makes you feel better, but Grandma & Grandpa call the shots and have the final say. You can go to your room and sulk until you feel like cooperating.
Still, the hugs are heartfelt. There’s not anything you can do to make your Grandma not love you forever. I just want you to grow up with some discipline and respect. Those things will make you a far happier and successful adult than getting your way ever will.