15 years and 333 days later...

sam turns 16 this september. as if that's not shocking in and of itself, i dropped him off at college today. yes, college. he's taking two classes at our local community college this semester (as a sophmore) and according to him "has some 50 year old guy" in his english class.

he's getting a couple of prerequisites done and then he will be able to embark on classes for law enforcement majors. best case scenario, he graduates from high school with his associate's degree for FREE! he'd also like to get EMT certified. it's been a dream of mine to do the same thing for quite some time now. i saw the color drain from his face when i told him maybe i'd take the EMT courses with him.

*don't ask him if he's getting his license, though. it's a bit of a sore subject around here. we chose to wait until he was 16 and avoid the ridiculous fees for driving school for kids 15 1/2 and under. this way WE get to teach him how to drive. he'll be a little bit older, a little bit wiser and we'll be a little bit saner. sort of.