A baby vulture leaves the nest

In every Vulture's life there is that moment when its young must stretch their wings and fly the nest. It's not an easy thing for a vulture mommy to digest: the infant she held so close -- doesn't it seem like only yesterday? -- has moved into the next phase of his life. Yesterday this Vulture's nest got a little bit lighter. TJ is now living on his own in an off-campus apartment in Towson.

You might say, "C'mon Vulture! He's only at college. And it's Towson, not even an hour's drive!" You're right. But it IS that first step out of the nest. And, with Kyle getting a job in Annapolis (congratulations to Kyle on that major land, BTW!), the only thing keeping him in the nest is the post-graduate classes he's taking at Hood. Once he's done with his post-grad certification in Tanatology, he's going to want to get his own nest closer to work. Then it'll just be me, Mrs. Vulture, and the dogs.

On the bright side, I did get my garage back.