Adieu

It's official, starting today and for the next two years I am a single mom. No, seriously....I'm not kidding, this is my new reality. Yesterday was orientation at the Wharton School and spouses/partners were invited to attend the all day event. It became extremely apparent in a short period of time that both Jason and I severely underestimated the intensity of this program and for the next two years, schooling will take center stage in our lives, especially his. As I left the building last night, leaving Jason there all week for a rigorous 40 hours of lecture I could not help but think that this is a metaphor of what the next two years will be like. He will be at school and I will be rearing the girls, our time together will be limited, but in the end I know the sacrifice will be worth it. At 1:30 this morning he sent me an email and wrote only this, "this is the beginning of the end..." I don't think I could have said it any better.