#jumpingbean

This is my little jumping Bean.

So much has happened, yet in other ways time seems to be standing still in some manners.

M - Yesterday made three weeks since M left for his training and I’m doing very good, even great this entire time. I feel like I’m doing a lot better than I should be doing at this point of time and that the adjustment to him being gone as been easy.

His course technically hasn’t begun for him yet but he’s staying in basically a college dorm setup with one roommate that he gets along with fabulously, he’s working out daily, he’s socializing outside of work, and even getting to relax and play more of his video games.

In all manners he is essentially getting the going away to college and living on campus experience that he has missed out on and it’s doing wonders for him. Every time I talk to him in messages or on video chat I can see the difference in his mood and I am watching his severe depression lessen and lessen as the days fly by and I am stroked for him. He is truly blooming before my very eyes and I love it for him. I can’t wait to watch him continue to grow into himself.

Jumping Bean - has stopped freaking out every day when he sees his Papas car in the driveway and is no longer running around the house looking for him. He now brings me my cell phone and says “Papa! Hi papa!” When he wants me to begin the video chat for him at which point immediately upon seeing M on the screen he steals the phone from me and runs off where he sets it down so that he can see and hear and talk with his Papa while he plays and shows off all of his toys.

We’ve been going on long daily walks and he is thriving with them. He has mostly grown out of his naps and has begun to go to bed on time once more. He does get over tired and cranky if I begin dinner too late but we are working on getting our new routine ready and down pat as he is ever growing and changing.

Me - I’ve adjusted easily to our new routine without M home, I’m socializing with friends, getting together with some newer ones, and spending time with Red Stag too.

Sadly my entire state currently has a minimum of two months waiting list to take the driving test so I don’t have my license yet but I’m scheduled for the third week of May, which sucks because it is halfway through the time that M is gone but better than never. I am going nuts at not having a ride anywhere but I am making it work in the meantime. Once I’m able to drive I’ll be able to do a lot more and get things done myself without having to wait day after day for my grandma to bring me somewhere for something that I need to get done.