there he goes.

My little Jimmy heading off to another day of middle school.

He's been doing great this year. He gets himself up in the mornings (what?) , comes to the breakfast table, gets ready and heads out the door...without being asked. Then, he comes home, gets started on his homework and has it done by dinnertime...without being asked. Hey, it only took 11 years.

My mom thinks maybe it's because he has more independence this year. The responsibility is on him to get to school, get home and get his homework done. That and also maybe he's growing up. Sniff.

Jimmy has a Fall Dance at school on the 21st. At first, he said he didn't want to go because he didn't know how to dance. We told him you don't have to dance if you don't want to, just go and hang out with your friends and have some pizza. Then he said he would go. Of course, we couldn't leave well enough alone and start asking if maybe there's a girl he likes and would like to take to the dance. Bad idea. Hopefully, we'll learn.