<p>I just got back from visiting D2. She is OOS at a huge state uni 2000 miles away. She loves her roommate, has made lots of friends, ($224 worth at dinner!) and has really found her way around campus and the city. I was impressed. She seems very happy, like she’s been at this all her life. She doesn’t seem totally enamored of her classes, however, but is doing fine so far. I worry she’s having a little too much fun, and that maybe her classes aren’t quite challenging enough. Next semester will be different, she’ll have a much harder load. Hopefully she will settle down a little, but for now, she’s doing well and so, so happy she landed where she did. Being out of state doesn’t really put her in the minority w/her friends, but being from the midwest does. LOL. She’s already been home for a wknd with one friend, and two are coming to visit her here during winter break. So far so good. It was good to see her, to see her life as it is right now, and to remind myself that she is where she wanted to be, that she is h a p p y.</p>