How the hell do I have a 5th grader?!?!?

My kid started 5th grade last month. 5th grade. Intermediate school in our town. Changing classes?!?!? He informed me that he thinks 2 girls in his class are SUPER cute - "like sexy-cute Mom" (yes, we had a chat about how 10 year old girls are, in fact, NOT sexy - don't worry). He's definitely firmly entrenched in his 'tweenness. It's funny, I remember my mom telling me OVER and OVER when I was a child and then when G was a baby that parenthood makes time fly, and that I will wake up one day and he'll be moving out. It might be cliche but damn if it isn't true. At least after the first year. Funny - my nephew just turned 1 - the week G went back to school - and I think his first year dragged even for me - and I'm not his mother! G's 9th year, which encompassed the same general timeframe as E's first, seemed faster. And it was the same amount of time. How is that possible? I need to get back to blogging more. I'm in here now for 3 reasons. 1. I need to consolidate 2 spreadsheets into one for work and I'd rather rip my eyes out. 2. I watched Julie and Julia, or whatever it's called, the other day and was inspired by her bloggy-ness! 3. I was just talking to some of my online mom friends about blogs - particularly blogs by only child moms. Hey that's me, and I have a blog AND I've written about G being an only. So...let's see if I can make this happen more successfully again now. I need to blog for my sanity and my mental health and now that I'm parenting a 'tween only - I think that might be even more the case! Oh and by the way - you will be brought to your knees in confusion the first time your kid uses the word sexy. TRUST me. HOLY CRAP!