<p>Bandie-Way back when, the majority of my friends choose to attend college together and I was the one who went to another school. Not farther geographically, but one in which I would not have my group from home to rely on. Some of my friends were fine with my decision, but some were a little cool to me. A few even expressed a sense of my rejecting them. I think there might have been some feeling of jealousy that I was willing to leave my comfort zone.
I went ahead with my choice and never regretted it. As time passed, my friends realized that while I had grown and changed somewhat, I was still me and still their friend. Maturity helped us all. I sense that as some of your D’s friends begin leaving home, they will come around. You might want to talk with your D about this and encourage her to continue to reach out to them.</p>
<p>Bought D a new backpack from LLBean. They too are very good when it comes to customer service. If anything is broken they’ll replace. </p>
<p>D back to work today after her 2 days off. It’s been very strange in our house when her “Monday” is H’s “Friday”. I’m constantly confused as to what the real day of the week is. And I’m sick of getting up early on the real weekends cause when D gets up the cats want to be fed and she can’t stand the smell of cat food so they come and bother me. I love my cats but really would prefer them to sleep in like H.</p>
<p>Zetesis, I’m sure there have to be other kids who don’t want the 8:30 class and would be willing to switch. Hope your D has good luck finding someone. I doubt that the faculty will do anything unless there is an actual conflict with the new schedule but if you find a volunteer I’m sure they’ll be happy to make the change.</p>
<p>Good advice. We are having a little (no more than 20) send off party for her and D has reached out to all her friends, even some classmates that will be going to her same U. We hope everyone shows up, but again that is depending on everyone’s schedule.</p>
<p>I agree that it has to do a lot with maturity. We have talked about this and I have even tried to help her realize that her friends are a different places in life and this is probably not the last time these feelings and attitudes may surface. However I do feel that as these teens grow into young adults, there will be more understanding for each others choices. Thanks all.</p>
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<p>If you can’t find a good Ulta coupon, drugstore.com usually has good deals on Chis (and free shipping). I bought one of ours from drugstore.com.</p>
<p>We have to buy a second one as well. Found this link…</p>
<p>[Buy</a> CHI Ceramic Hairstyling Iron 1" Online at drugstore.com](<a href=“Walgreens: Pharmacy, Health & Wellness, Photo & More for You”>Walgreens: Pharmacy, Health & Wellness, Photo & More for You)</p>
<p>My daughter asked me for a Bed Bath and Beyond coupon when she purchased her straightner from Ulta. I assumed it worked because she never mentioned it again. I will check with her when she wakes up.</p>
<p>Has your child aged out of their long-time pediatrician? Husband just filled out the forms to get Son’s (18 years of) medical records from ours. The doctor’s office said that they keep them onsite for a while, then archive them. Once they have been sent to archives, the patient has to pay a fee to get them out of archives. Just passing this info on in case you are thinking about getting medical records for any reason.</p>
<p>Our Costco has a Chi for a good price. Just saw them last week.</p>
<p>To get Husband’s mind off of pulling the red hot pot and other treasures from the attic, I asked him to see that Son has everything he needs to have a car away from home. Son has mostly driven his car to and from work and school - both less than 2 miles away…that’s my excuse for not previously outfitting his car with things like jumper cables. So, it looks like there’s going to be father/son “how to use jumper cables” lesson soon…I hope I’m not home when it happens.</p>
<p>How to use jumper cables safely:</p>
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<li> Call AAA.</li>
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<p>That’s certainly my own personal method. When this subject came up this morning, Husband said, “well *you *don’t know how to use jumper cables, do you?” I said, “I’m not expected to.”</p>
<p>LOl at the jumper cables!!! We have taught D basic car maintenance and emergency stuff, but a family friend put her on his AAA plan as a graduation gift - BEST gift she received in my opinion (certainly eases my mind a bit)</p>
<p>Our peds keep kids until 21. D2 just had her sports physical and wanted to change. She just moved to an internist within our system…actually in the same building, same reception area, all records on-line so it was a seamless transition.</p>
<p>We are also a AAA family. We will be getting automatic remote car starter for D2 for Christmas.</p>
<p>D andher bf (now fiance) were driving to his house for Thanksgiving, when they hit an ice patch in the road, spun out, off into the ditch. Thank goodness D had AAA; and after that episode bf’s parents saw that he had it too.</p>
<p>missypie, I had that red hot pot too! It’s long gone for my DD, so I got her a brand new white one…$10 @ Target. </p>
<p>Don’t forget to order the kiddos their own medical insurance card in case they need to go to the hospital or dont’ have a campus medical center.</p>
<p>I love our roadside assist from USAA. My D had a chance to use it the other day when I got stuck and it was POURING. I made her call and give all the info and deal with the car guy until my DH got there. She said it wasn’t the most fun she ever had in a phone call, but it made her at ease that she now knows what to do. I’m a firm believer in experiential learning. I think I will have DH go over changing the tire thingy anyway.</p>
<p>When I got my first car, my dad showed me how to change a tire. After he had done the whole thing he said, “You’ll never be able to get the lug nuts off. Just call AAA.”</p>
<p>I’ve been thinking about getting a hair straightener. I’ll have to look at the Chi. D has rod straight hair. People always ask her how long she spends straightening it. Her comment is always the same - I comb it. LOL </p>
<p>H is taking D to BJs for the “college run”. I thought they needed some alone time. We’ll see if H who is NOT a shopper survives. I mean how hard can it be. It’s one store.</p>
<p>I am very weepy today. 
Thought it would be easier the second time around and especially since we will be following next week with her move-in stuff. Not like me at all!</p>
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<p>You’re entitled. Are there just two D’s? Is she the youngest?</p>
<p>Son was not pleased when I said “Two weeks from today…” I’ll stop. We all know how long.</p>