Mary comes home from New York tomorrow. By then Rob will have packed up all his stuff and gotten on the road to go spend some time with his college friend Michael in New Hampshire. It is the end of an era for the Berridges. For the first time since perhaps 1960, when Mary Lee and George Sr moved to Beverly Place from the West Village, none of them will reside in Westchester County, which is a little sad.
In the very near term, I am the winner, because I get Mary back. In a bonus, Graham's spring break starts tomorrow, although I'm not sure when we actually see him because he and the Quiz Bowl team are off to some tournament for Saturday if not Sunday too. Which is awesome. Although part of me wishes Graham's whole college social life didn't revolve around intellectual competition (which really isn't a good model for how the world works), there does seem to be a very healthy group of kids involved in the club. For example, they sent five teams to a recent competition at Virginia Tech. Which means he's got a big cohort to run and gel with.
But at some point in the weekend there will be three of us in the house, which is much better than one. Likewise, two of us in the bed, much better than one, though I've gotten used to it. It is probably too late for us to go off on another trip to Mattamuskeet this season, but I do hope Mary and I find somewhere else funnish to go together in the next few months. We should enjoy this empty nesting and the freedom it gives us.
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