<p>Oh my, things do happen around here quickly!</p>
<p>Just got back from retrieving son from Duke TIP program. Drove 19 hours straight to Davidson, where we arrived 15 minutes before the tour started. Now I remember why I never wanted to do all-nighters again. Tidbit from Davidson: they went to their waitlist for the first time in years this year. Only took 20, though. Duke’s campus was lovely (DEFINITELY Hogwarts-y), but the chapel is definitely more of a cathedral. Neither son nor daughter were interested in Duke. Son would like to return to TIP.</p>
<p>Returned home to find mailbox stuffed with applications and viewbooks, which seemed to inspire D to start filling in the Common App. Until she decided it was annoying. </p>
<p>So Carolyn is back - love the pictures and the reports!</p>
<p>Curmudgeon’s daughter is regaining her face - glad to know she’s doing fine.</p>
<p>Momofthree’s daughter was married - how lovely! And I don’t know if I’m glad or disappointed bugles were not served.</p>
<p>And a whole lot of scary political topics have been posted in the cafe!</p>
<p>fireflyscout, 19 hours hurts, doesn’t it? Glad you made it home all in one piece. D is doing great.</p>
<p>you drove from houston? you are CRAZY</p>
<p>Clarification: there were 3 drivers - me, husband, and daughter. Which made it manageable, but still exhausting.</p>
<p>Sure wish I had a dollar for every Cracker Barrel we passed.</p>
<p>Yep, things have definitely heated up some parts of the Parent Caf</p>
<p>Firefly,
So, how did your D like Davidson?</p>
<p>Cur, I’m also very glad to hear that your daughter is on the mend. My D.'s surgery is FINALLY set for July 29. School starts August 29. So, I am keeping my fingers crossed that her surgery and recovery will go as well as your D’s. However, it’s hard to be confident after fighting with insurance and the surgeon to get a date set since April! By the way, did your D. have prothestic jaw hinges inserted? We are still getting conflicting advice on this for our D.</p>
<p>carolyn. I have never heard of prosthetic jaw hinges.They were never mentioned as options to D. Sorry. I’m going to try to put together a recap of what you missed on your long explore. Maybe it will be of some use as a chronology of parental emotions with maybe a small amount of fact thrown in.</p>
<p>Carolyn - D LOVES Davidson; it’s one of her two favorites. She likes how they seem to really “take care” of their students (laundry, roommate assignment process, etc) so the students can concentrate on their studies. We had visited last year, but thought we’d take the opportunity to see it again, and for husband to check it out (to determine if it is worth the money!). D is now agonizing over where to apply (gee, I thought she had that figured out months ago).</p>
<p>Good luck to your daughter on her oral surgery. I’m glad she had such a wonderful time at Earlham!</p>