Thursday, June 2, 2016

Graduation day is coming quickly. Bryan finished his final in English today. That's the last hurdle he has to pass in order to graduate. He ended up with a C- in Chemistry; not too bad considering he had a failing grade in that class as well. Now I'm just waiting for the bill from the college (it goes to the high school first, then the high school will bill me) for the classes that Bryan failed, and Bryan's high school career will be complete. So what's next for Bryan???

College does not seem to be in the direct future for our boy. He has a hard time keeping up. We learned this with the two classes that he tried taking his senior year. He desperately wants to be a video game designer, and he's already been applying online. I'm not sure how you go about doing that, but we're encouraging him to follow his dream, but we're also telling him that he also has to have a job that he can support himself while he waits for his dream job to come through. Currently he's working for my sister at her laundromat. He's not going to be able to make a living wage on that, though, so he's either going to have to look for a second job (which I don't think he'd be able to handle), or look for help through federal subsidies. He'll stay at home for awhile, I'm sure.

What's next for Mom??? Not much will change as long as Bryan is still living at home. We'll have to set up some new boundaries and expectations now that he's graduating, of course. I've been considering making him pay rent, and then just putting aside until he moves out and giving it to him to put towards his living expenses then. I'm just not sure what to do yet. Matthew will go to 6 weeks of summer school. I'm going to have to keep Tea off her electronic devices that I know she'll be on 24/7 if allowed. I'm worried about what happens after Matthew is done with summer school. The kid just has so much energy, and I'm lacking in the ability to guide him in areas to use it. We may have to go to the beach several days a week. Hopefully there won't be too many people there.