Parents of the HS Class of 2012 - New beginnings

[dentmom4]

Favorite lines from D yesterday and today:

Mom, I wished you lived in my dorm, then I could see you every day. I wouldn't have to actually talk to you, I'd just be happy to see you.

Mom, I'm REALLY glad you sent all my winter gear when I moved in. Do you know how cold it is at 5:45 am when we walk to morning swim practice? I wear my down coat and boots every morning.

We have loved having her here and will take her back tomorrow morning. 36 short hours!

[glido]

Just returned from a week in Boston. Took the two youngest kids to see their big sis. We had a great time. DD had some school work to do, so we hit some fo the sights without her, but we had three dinners and a lunch with her, plus a whole day at the beach (cold and windy, but beautiful.) We planned the trip a while ago to break up her first semester away (she is on the other side of the country, so there are no weekends at home). She shows no signs of being homesick, but she was happy to see us. It was tough leaving because we won't see her unti Christmas.

[SnowflakeVT]

S was at home this weekend for his semester break. It was nice to see him and he seems to be doing fine, but he slept a TON. He was battling minor stuffiness when he arrived and the cold seemed to move to his chest after night one, so I'm glad he was home to just chill, see a few friends at nearby colleges, and sleep (and sleep and sleep). I sent him off with a homemade pound cake, a sandwich made to his specifications, and a big hug goodbye. I can't help him study or do his homework but hopefully he got a chance to re-charge.

[rerunagain]

Fall break is an entire week for S. It's great to have him home! He has some work to do (a paper to revise and a post-break midterm in history). One of his friends is home the first part of the week. Otherwise he'll just relax!

[college_query]

glido, glad you could visit! Sounds like your D is doing well.

Had a reunion last night with the parents of S's friends - we had done a group HS graduation party together. It was lots of fun to hear everyone's move-in stories and other tales. Three of us have mailed tuxedos.

Received a text from S today letting us know he was okay, but had a late night/early morning visit to the ER. He has frequent nosebleeds and had one that wouldn't stop. His RA became concerned after more than an hour and after some consultations they decided that was the best way to handle it, due to the timing and what options were available. They recommended he get a humidifier. Guess I'll be looking online to see what's available!

[notakid]

D related she got wound up on school work and stayed up until 6 am the other night. Always been a night owl, but that is a little too much since she has classes every day plus work and orchestra. Napping when she can. Hope a better routine is coming.

[amtc]

Wow SteveC you are not only a research wizard but have an amazing memory - you must still be young! Yes, my daughter was so upset with the teacher (she still is) but had the support of all her friends and had that teacher twice in her four years in high school.

We met with the head of housing on Friday and it was so easy! Husband and i just sat there while she presented the situation very diplomatically, not accusing anyone of anything just saying she enjoyed different things than her roommate and suitemates. The head of housing already had 3 possible rooms for her to move into - 2 singles; one in her current dorm but down a floor, one in a somewhat similar dorm, and a double that currently has only one girl in it in the same building but different suite than her friends are in. He was supposed to arrange a meeting with that girl last night or today. She can choose to move immediately or over break, if she waits until after break there's a good chance more will be available. Unless she really connects with this girl she will probably wait until January - there's only 5 weeks until she's home and knowing she can move will probably get her through the rest of this term. She isn't so keen on the singles but it wouldn't be the end of the world since she already has her group of friends. If she waits until next term we can also move her during break which would be easier.
It was as easy as we said it would be and yet she needed us there to force the issue. Oh, and he also said that there have been about a dozen kids who have already moved.

Overall, we had a great time. Thanks for all your listening.

[jaylynn]

Just back from Parents Weekend in San Diego. I spent the weekend wondering why I went to college in the frozen wilds of Wisconsin when this city was out there all the time, lol. We toured San Diego State for the little brother, which was interesting. He liked it alot while it cemented big sis' decision that a small school was for her. She's so happy-- it was great to see her. We had dinner with roomie and her parents on the beach at the Hotel del Coronado and had such a good time-- dads are planning all sorts of future hijinks already.

[mihcal1]

Skyped with D1 yesterday. She had watery eyes and a very red nose! She says "everyone" has a cold. She reported that the el-cheapo tea kettle we got her leaks. Her suitemate tried fix it with duct tape, but that didn't work. I reminded her that Amazon prime can ship her a replacement in two days. In the meantime she can microwave tea water in the suite kitchen.

[showmom858]

jaylynn - glad you had a good time at parents weekend. We had great weather for it here! I moved to San Diego more than 30 years ago to attend San Diego State. It is a great town to attend college. Fall here is always a wonderful time of year as most tourists are gone, but our beach weather is still great.

[texaspg]

amtc - glad to see it is working out for your D. Sounds like everyone thinks they are the only one with a problem and suffer silently until they meet the housing folks!

[laserp]

We just got back from parents weekend at our son's school last night. We had a perfect weekend; weather was great, our DS was extremely happy and we got to meet and eat with lots of his new friends and their parents. As my husband said, what more could we want? That is the question that I am pondering today. I'm more sad than happy today and there is no good reason. This is our last child so we are in the empty nest and since we dropped him off, we have been making good time with our new life situation. Doing new things, a little travel, getting caught up on all the things we didn't do this past summer and just enjoying our new found freedom. As irrational as this sounds, I think I was disappointed to see how happy our son was and that he didn't need me like he use to. So I'm feeling a little sorry for myself today, not to mention a little hormonal and this anonymous forum is the best place to vent. Is there anyone who can relate?

[OHMomof2]

laserp I have seen my S 3-4 times since I dropped him off in mid August (his college is 45 minutes away) and I still feel sad every time he goes back to school. Life for his younger D and for me has changed. S won't ever be my little boy again and that makes me proud and sad at the same time.

I understand

[jmnva06]

D has a full week. Biggest insights so far. She has become a huge football fan (in absence of soccer channels she has adopted the lessor game ). We hung out yesterday through all 3 games.

Classes are going well and she is very happy. She is clearly at the right place for her.

During the game we say a political ad and she said "Back home we see ads for X". She then paused and goes "you know what I mean".

[laserp]

Exactly OHMomof2! Having raised two daughters who made it to the other side and we are close again, sons are different and I wonder if we'll ever be as close again. Also, I had an extremely easy drop off to college. Hardly any tears. Now I'm making up for it But,
I feel better already!