<p>Tualatin? I was just there last week for a track meet! (Tualatin HS anyway, don’t know if there are multiple HS in the area). I go to Barlow HS in Gresham. Yeah, it is hard to get the right clothes for the weather. Sometimes I will look outside and it will be cloudy/rainy in the morning and I’ll wear a long-sleeve shirt and a jacket, and by the time school is over it’s clear and sunny, 70-80 degrees outside and I’m dying. Either that or it doesn’t change at all, or it just rains all the harder. I’ve just gotten used to it though. I end up walking around in shorts and a t-shirt most of the time no matter what, rain or shine.</p>
<p>And I understand where Jake is coming from, not wanting parents to be at I-day. I’ve told my parents that if I get in I don’t want them to be at R/I day just because it will be easier to say goodbye at PDX, a couple thousand miles away, with a day or so to get “acclimated.” I just don’t want that shock of “90 seconds then move out!” I figure if I am ready when they say that and I’m already on my own then I’ll have an edge over the “emotionally fragile” cadet candidates.</p>
<p>I’ll probably end up having my parents go anyway though.</p>
<p>My mom will definitely bawl her eyes out.</p>
<p>My dad will be worse!</p>