<p>At Christmas, my DD agreed to clean her room “once she was packed up”… that never happened so I decided to hold her to that this vacation, so tonight the vacuum is going since she wants to head to the airport tomorrow.</p>
<p>So, how did everyone else’s spring break go? Did you take a great family vacation? Did your kid go somewhere else without you? Work at a place that will hopefully employ them during the summer? Lay about driving you crazy with the sleep 'till 4PM, run around 'till 4AM life?</p>
<p>Mine did some of all of the above. Seems to have set her summer plans, spent some time with us, worked on classes, went to concerts and fun things with friends from home…</p>
<p>DD said she was bored. She hung out with a few high school friends. It was nice to have her around.</p>
<p>Maybe the second year is where they begin to break away from high school friends…</p>
<p>Freshman year is the year for seeing old friends. After that everyone has new friends and separate lives, especially if vacations overlap only a weekend or not at all. This year a possible Saturday night get together never materialized.</p>
<p>This was son’s 3rd year away. He now has an apt so could have easily stayed (even dorms stay open with limited dining service) but he came home for a few days, then went to Wis Dells for a few days with college friends, then home a few. It was a great midweek getaway at an indoor water park resort plus outdoor stuff- 2 rooms/4 beds and a couch plus a kitchenette for 7- they did all of their cooking (I was impressed that they organized food, lodgings and expenses in advance- some guys did the grocery shopping on their way). He remembered to tell us his plans a few days before he came home. </p>
<p>During his winter break I put things (toys) I wanted to trash/recycle/donate from his closet in a spare room for him to make decisions on- he had so much time off and did nothing with it, but he basically only glanced at the stuff so I did the sorting after he left. For spring break I put the overflowing container that had HS papers et al out- I chose what to save and put the rest in a toss/recycle pile- he finally went through stuff the night before he went back to school. I also had sorted through the rest of his closet earlier or the same mess would be there forever. There is never a good time for son to do unwelcome chores, now there won’t be an overwhelming amount to go through when we sell the house in a few years. The parental learning curve is still there once they’re legally adults.</p>
<p>my dd and her bf went to check out law schools for him, and she went on some interviews for jobs…my ds went to meet his gf’s family…lol…first spring break that i wasn’t hosting a zillion kids! I missed it:(…though I did see dd and her bf for a few days…lol</p>