Saying goodbye

Two weeks left to tie up loose threads and host a few goodbye parties! Family, friends: I'll be back before you know it, slightly grayer and hopefully slightly wiser.

My main worry is that my younger son, Floris, will outgrow me while I'm away. To quote from a text I found on the web today ("How To Survive the Terrible Teens --- An owners guide"):

Q: How can I recognize an Adolescent??
A: You can tell the adolescent not so much by the way he looks as by the way he slams the door in your face after you have said something offensive, such as "hello."

Q: In what way has he or she gone awry??
A: Let me count the ways. For one thing, he eats 12 meals a day instead of 3, having acquired the eating habits of a giant termite.  If he continues to grow at the present rate, his body will one day be in proportion to his mouth. [...]