Bye Bye RyRy

OK, I haven't called him RyRy since he was probably five and might get in a bit of trouble over that ...

Ryan is still sleeping - a good thing since he has a 'day that never ends' coming up here in about and hour and a half. He will get on a plane in Australia and lift off at noon on Friday and land in LA at seven in the morning on Friday - five hours into the past. He says that dicks with his head. I'm generally too tired to care ...

I am having huge guilt issues that I decided to stay here a week longer and sent my youngun out into the great chaos that is "International Air Travel" all by his lonesome. I have walked him through all the steps and he is an adult so things should be fine. But he has that tight connection in LA that I hate and I really hope things go well for him.

All in all the trip went well. I could tell at Christmas that he could take it or leave it coming over leaning heavily on the 'leave it' part, but the ticket was purchased. He looked a little trapped.

He has been a good sport on this trip. While he would just love to have stayed in his room and surfed, skyped with his girlfriend and listen to music on his Mac, every time we were headed out or off to eat, he would immediately (... well, sort of ....) jump up and come along. Knowing all the while he would have rather stayed in his self-made lair.

We had fun, laughed a lot and had a relaxing time. In past years we tried to get a vacation in sans Jessie with just Ryan because there is about a 180 degree difference between vacations with Jessie and vacations without Jessie - so my Mom, being the saint that she is, would come about every year and tend Jessie while we took Ryan somewhere. Some times this worked and some times it wasn't so hot - but this time has been a success.

This, I believe is mainly due to the fact that my little boy has grown up. He has become a very kind, caring, polite young man and I am very proud of him. He could have been a stick in the mud and he wasn't - even though I could tell sometimes he didn't want to do something - he did it - without complaint. That shows a maturity that I really have not seen much of till now.

Thanks Ryan! We had a blast - I hope this was fun for you. Since we don't see you much any more - this was the best Christmas present Santa could have given me. Time with my much loved son.

Good luck, get some sleep and at every turn:

CALL ME!!!