All I know is that it’s going to cost $200+ each way to fly my kid to NYC so we can spend another $200+ each, each way to go to the wedding of my niece/her cousin in Florida just before Columbus Day. Sometimes you can’t pick the day and time of a flight and Southwest doesn’t fly everywhere.
We are in the Seattle area and baby #1 is practically at the headwaters of the Mississippi while baby #2 is headed for the mouth. I am thinking of going all Huck Finn and building a raft to float down from one kid to the other. Now THAT would be an empty nest adventure! Once they are gone I won’t see wither one until Christmas.
We have family weekend at the end of September. Still deciding whether to fly or drive.
My oldest leaves for college about 365 days from now and I’m already sad but excited. I read this entire thread last night and was pretty bummed. The Onion today made me laugh:
http://www.theonion.com/article/moms-fears-about-daughter-leaving-college-channele-51060
My neighbors have taken their twins to school. Hugs to all of you.
My adult AND my rising college senior both live here in the same town as we do. Today the sr was at work, I was gleeful to have the house to myself and then promptly burst into tears vaccuming his room. Leaves for apartment life in 10 days, when our nest officially is empty. After S1’s permanent departure I really expected this to be easier, but I am definitely worse this time around, e geography does not, in my case, seem to help. Goodness.
@OspreyCV22, Funny, sad, sweet, that story has it all.
1 is about 800 miles away, #2 is going to be about 3 hours away.
Both of mine are in Claremont (hence my “name”). That’s less than an hour away. So that makes me happy. I can get “2 for the price of 1” on the visits and they aren’t that far…well, at least starting in the spring. In two days—yes, only two short days— my DD is going away for 4 months for her study abroad program. Never have we been so far apart or for so long. Sigh. Two weeks later my DS will be heading to school and our “nest” will be empty for the first time. That part I think I can handle (a little bittersweet, but not too bad), it’s the 4 months that is killing me!
@ClaremontMom , where will your daughter be doing her study abroad? Four years ago, older D was doing study abroad in an African country during younger D’s first semester of college. Two years ago, younger D was doing study abroad in southeast Asia while older D traveled solo around the world. And the dog had just died. It was kind of rough, but I survived.
Oh wow, @rosered55 …You know where I’m at then…and then some. (No, dog though…but thinking I might need to get one…)
My DD is going to Denmark. At the moment DS has not plans to study abroad so I may be spared a second round of this.
I got another dog a year ago. She’s not nearly as good company as my daughters but she’s plenty needy, so I do feel very loved!
D2 is 6 hours away, and Parents Weekend isn’t until February! Not sure about the logic of that one…
D will be 4 hours away and leaves on Saturday. Parents weekend is in mid-September, about the same time as the back to school nights I dutifully attended for 13 years. So hard and strange to realize I will be living in my empty nest just five days from now. Sigh.
Make sure you all play a really sad, country song on the car drive home after dropping your kids off.
Stugace…that made me laugh! LOL! I really am not looking forward to not having his smiling face come through the door every day. I know I’ll get used to it, but that still doesn’t mean the first few weeks won’t be hard.
In the past three weeks, my son has grown two inches, weird. And he’s being extra nice and generous with his hugs. I have really enjoyed watching him grow, and in a weird way, I’m enjoying watching him go in a bitter/sweet kind of way, of course. Anyway, it’s three days and counting.
I’m with you @ClaremontMom. My S leaves for The Netherlands tomorrow for 4 months. I’m excited for him but I’m also a bit of a wreck.
DS told the dog to look out. “Mom’s going to mother-hen the hell out of you after I leave,” he told her. 
He jokes about how I will be cooking morning eggs and knitting sweaters for the dog and cat.
@saintfan, Wait, is that wrong? 
@stugace, Your day will come. Just remember to give your parents a hug before you bolt out the door, missy.