Some of them are good....
As in...This spring was the LAST time I had to drive through parent pick-up/drop off line at the freshman building.
Can I get an A-Men and a Hallelujah!
This August was the LAST time I had to drive the children to school in the morning or worry about pick-up schedules in the afternoon.
Woot!
Some of them are bitter-sweet....
Our son ran his last high school cross country race yesterday.
We used the last jar of pumpkin from the garden this week.
We paid our last car insurance bill with only adult drivers last month.
Some of them are hard.
I taught my last lesson in the one room school house this week.
Tomorrow I will "chaperone" my last 1875 baseball game.
Next week I will spend one last day in Greteman's General Store.
If you had asked me three months ago, I wouldn't have had any idea that October would be the month of "lasts".
But things have happened rather quickly.
My husband got a job that is perfect for him, that he wasn't even really looking for.
Total time from first inquiry to official job offer....5 weeks.
We put our house on the market.
Total time from official posting to accepting an offer.....6 days
We reserved a moving truck.
Total time to pack, move a child in with friends to finish their Sr. year in IA, get a second child set up in their new school, find a new job (ugh...resumes and cover letters), say goodbyes and move to Maine.......14 days.
I'm excited about the move. I just wish I could take Iowa with me.
Cause while lasts are not my favorite, they do make me so grateful for all the firsts that we have had over the previous 6 and 1/2 year in this state.
First State Fair, First Caucus, First trip to Fareway, First ICubs game, First cookstove meal, First cow milking, First petticoat...….
And I hope that many of you will make your first trip to New England to visit, for your first taste of lobster, a first walk on the beach, a first bowl of real clam chowder (with NO tomatoes) a first Red Sox game and a first trip to Acadia National Park to see the sun rise on the first point of the United States for the day.
Because while lasts can be difficult, they hopefully mean that some exciting firsts are just around the corner....
and I hope I didn't miss the class on that.
