Grandma!

Ugh! Hard to believe I am old enough to be a grandma. Yikes! I have always wanted to be a grandma but not in my early 40s.

Thankfully, I am not going to be a grandma soon but my sis, who is a year younger than me, just became a grandma. I can’t believe it. Well, I believe it because I went to the baby shower, saw my niece’s pregnant belly, and now I have seen pictures of the new baby girl. My sis is over the moon and it is a joyous occasion.

But…

I remember when my sis had her daughter, the new mother. Seems like not long ago I was going to Lamaze classes with  my sis Rachel, and then going to the hospital to meet Stephanie. I remember little Stephanie, not new mommy Steph…how could time have flown so fast?

And, but…

I might be a little sad, perhaps a little envious. Well, I don’t really want to be a grandma NOW but it would be nice to have my own kid, a daughter. IDK…

Here is what I messaged my husband about it:

True, though I am already an Great-Aunt, and have been for almost a year now. Yikes, I can’t help but feel old.

And there is always my friend Melissa– who is 20 days younger than me, ha– to remind of that:

Published in: on July 24, 2013 at 6:02 pm  Leave a Comment  

Finally Fun

I am super excited now. I have plans for a two night stay at the Grand Hotel in August. Everything is booked and I have made our Island itinerary. Maybe I will finally get to try out the famous Grand pool that Esther Williams swam in! LOL….I can’t wait and I can barely keep my mouth shut about it but I have to because I am taking my nephews and I don’t want them to be excited too early… and they will be too because I have been talking up Mackinac.

It is a mini-vacation. We are going up north for 5 days, I hope. I plan on spending a couple of days at my Mom’s new lake house and going with her to our family reunion and then on to Mackinac, taking a scenic route through Traverse City and partly along the coast of Lake Michigan, past Charlevoix and Petosky and on to Mackinaw City. I can’t wait, I so need to get away.

Published in: on July 24, 2013 at 4:56 pm  Leave a Comment