<p>Technically this is not a class of 2013 thing but this made me really happy. A former Supreme Court justice was scheduled to speak at son’s school last night (son is hopefully class of 2012!) - had to get tickets in advance- I suggested it to him thinking he’d never go. He went. I can’t tell you how happy I am about this given the fact he wasn’t even sure he wanted to return to school a few months ago. Can it be? Is he finally turning into a student?</p>
<p>Yay, sabaray!!! That’s GREAT!!! Congrats!</p>
<p>shawbridge: Good luck! My D is small (both in stature and size), long dark brown hair and big brown eyes. She was noticed by a lot of guys in high school but typically hung out with ones that we had known for ages (since grammer school) so we knew the parents and the boys knew us - after all they had been at her b’day parties when they were young. This all worked in our favor. ;o I never felt bad when she went out with most of them. There was one however that we really didn’t know. He eventually gave her an ultimatum - the team or him because of all the time she spent with the team and practice etc. She choose the team. I was VERY pleased!! I’ve later learned that that boy did a slide down in the last year of school - drugs mostly. Too bad and I thought he was quite intelligent.</p>
<p>Dizzimom - hope your son bounces back quickly.</p>
<p>My oldest D is a beauty for sure. But she was a late bloomer and basically watched as her earlier blooming counterparts made the errors when it came to boys. She puts up with very little but is a friend to all. I told her that you will be treated anyway you accept being treated… both good and bad. She raises a high bar.</p>
<p>Younger D15 is tall (5’8" or so) and more athletically built than petite. My only issue with her is she does not stand up straight. When you’re short I think you stretch to stand taller, when you’re exceedingly tall… well sometimes you round your shoulders to not look as tall. Although older D took dance and ballet, younger one hated it, and I think ballet gives you great posture. Anyway… the stand up straight thing drives me absolutely nuts.</p>
<p>Son’s school is like an all inclusive resort 
One comprehensive fee and they can eat until the cows come home. Actually, if that was my older D that might bug me a bit because she doesn’t eat a lot, but as a parent of a son? I thank heavens because he can eat a ton.</p>
<p>Good Morning!!!
Thanks for the link shawbridge! I bet your D looked so beautiful! How proud you must be. How fun to see where she will choose to go to school! D2 is still dating the young man from prom…think it was the dress! ;)</p>
<p>Dizzimom…oh no! So sorry he’s not feeling well still. Sending healing thoughts and prayers! D2 texted last night she was feeling sick. Back and forth texts revealed she was car sick from reading too much on her 10 hr bus trip!!! yuck!</p>
<p>chintzy…loved laughing with you! ;)</p>
<p>NM, Your D might want to try the “less drowsy” formula of Dramamine. Bonine is the same drug (Meclizine Hydrochloride). It has saved me more times than I can count. You only have to take it once a day (one is good for 12 hours at least) and it has made it possible for me to read in the car even on mountain roads – which for me is a BIG deal – and I never worry about turbulence on flights anymore. It really doesn’t make me dopey or drowsy, unlike the original Dramamine. I don’t travel without it.</p>
<p>Love the exchange with your S, eggmom. I had a similar conversation with my D last weekend. She wanted me to send her stamps. I asked if they sold them at the place she picked up her mail, she didn’t think so. I suggested that if they didn’t, perhaps the bookstore, right next door, might have them. Amazing how they can be so independent one minute and so helpless the next!</p>
<p>I’m feeling really good about where D is and how she is doing. She’s clearly making friends, in her element debating in one of her classes, seems to be figuring things out. I’ve been telling friends that, for me, the anticipation of the leaving had been worse and now, as long as I know she is happy and doing well, I feel much better. Of course I miss her, but she was so ready for college-level work and friends so it was time for her to take that next step to independence.</p>
<p>Oh Thanks Bengalmom! I will have her check and see if she can take it.(NCAA drug rules) She has always been ok in the car so this is something new.</p>
<p>How wonderful for D Northernwoods! When they’re ready they’re ready! Hooray for her!</p>
<p>Different kind of roommate issue –</p>
<p>My D has a roommate with whom she gets on fine. But her roomie is always in the room. D says there is only one time in the weekly schedule when she goes back to the room and roomie is not there, and that’s about half an hour. D is finding this kind of stressful – there’s never any alone time; and no space that’s really just her own. Her roomie apparently needs, but can’t find a job; and is friendly but shy; she doesn’t seem to making friends fast, and never hangs out with others. </p>
<p>Not sure there’s anything anyone can do – but I know the feeling of just needing some time/space apart and alone. I’d find it wearing, too.</p>
<p>They have those dramamine bracelets… wonder if those would pass NCAA muster?</p>
<p>I too loved eggson’s conversation with his mother. I have sent son several packages and he has gotten some but not all. Last Saturday he said the “window” was closed on Saturday, but really they close at 10:30am - which pretty much just tells me he slept in till noon! As for him looking for stamps? Hmm… not sure I can see that one happening ever! </p>
<p>Today he should be getting his lax gear and I sent it 3-day select and it cost a fortune. He had better get his butt over there to pick it up and I keep checking the UPS tracking thing to see when it arrives.</p>
<p>Wow, lots of activity since I signed off yesterday afternoon. I was busy (to bring up a forbidden subject) cheering on younger D’s volleyball team and picking up the pieces afterwards. Say what you will about cheering for kids, let me tell you, parenting ain’t for sissies! Her team is so bad…They haven’t won a game but last night they only lost the last game by 3 points. D was in tears saying, “If I had gotten that last serve over, we would have won”…which, of course, is *exactly what I thought *when the serve didn’t go over, but being the good mom I had to give her the “no one person wins or loses a game” speech. </p>
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<p>Umm…none…I have my own 16 year old D. Last year, only Husband was stupid…now I I am, too.</p>
<p>As for male attention…I knew this would be The Year…lovely blonde, the braces came off…she had a homecoming date before school started, has turned down a guy at another school, thinks she would have had three other homecoming invitations had it not been broadcast that she already had a date. Fortunately, she’s not head over heels about anyone. This summer, I even started a thread about handling unwelcome male attention because I knew this would be coming and I was so bad at it myself. </p>
<p>Now, in something actually almost college related, so glad your son went to hear the former S Ct Justice, Sabaray. That is one of the things I told Son before he went to college - that the school would bring in lots of folks to speak, and if he can make it, go hear everyone, even if he thinks he’ll disagree with them politically or whatever. </p>
<p>I got to hear Justice Scalia speak a few years back. I disagree with most of his opinions but *oh my gosh is that man ever smart. * The audience was restricted to current law students, law profs and law alum and Scalia was clearly the smartest person in the room.</p>
<p>chintzy – I just about spit my coffee all over the keyboard picturing you all driving to NC w/ the laundry still drying in the car! Too funny!</p>
<p>As an aside, this is the cup of coffee I had to go out and buy since we lost power early this AM and I couldn’t make my own. (Turns out someone ran into a utility pole around the corner from us – not too serious an accident, I don’t think.) The coffee was the least of it, though. I still had some laundry to do before leaving on our Frank Lloyd Wright adventure this afternoon. Thankfully the power is back since I doubt Southwest would like the hillbilly effect during the flight.</p>
<p>Well if any of you see an SUV with a bike on top with clothes draped all over it…it’ll be us - the CA hillbillies!</p>
<p>Actually the clothes she has done are washed & dried and dumped in a lundry basket cementing the creases from being dumped in said laundry basket…I figure worst case senario, I can just dump them alll in a garbage bag and they’ll look none the worse for wear!!</p>
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<p>Please remind me where you’re going so I can be envious.</p>
<p>So far I’ve seen two FLW houses in real life - Fallingwater, which is amazing!, and a house he designed in Houston, which had its points but didn’t seem very liveable to me. Have a great trip, CBBBlinker!</p>
<p>^^^ Meeting H in Chicago this evening; Sat. tour FLW home & studio and do walking tour of other FLW designed homes in Oak Park; drive to Madison, WI area; Sun. tour Taliesin and other parts of his estate in Spring Green, WI; drive back to Chicago; Mon. tour Robie House at Univ. of Chicago; fly home Monday night. I’m pretty psyched!</p>
<p>Hello all!
I have finally returned from my extended trip to the lake (building a cabin all summer - actually got it done!)</p>
<h1>theoryson was deposited at WPI and seems ensconsed. I get answers to my texts (albeit 2 or 3 word ones) and they all sound positive.</h1>
<p>Met up with other WPI CC parents when there. Great bunch of folks.
At this point I feel pretty positive about his/our school choice.
Will probably actually have spoken words with him this weekend, and will know more about how his academics are going. (He did say he will be dropping Game Design…interesting)
It is so very odd not to have to get him down the mountain to school each day</p>
<p>So happy to have you back, #theorymom!!!</p>
<p>I’ve been to FallingWater, the Robie House, the Dana House in Springfield, Il. (just a few blocks from Abe Lincoln’s and fabulous!!!), the Gugenheim, the Gamage Theater on the ASU campus, and Teliesin West (twice). Would love to stay in the hotel in the Price Tower but I’ve never found a reason to get to Bartlesville, Oklahoma.</p>