<p>D2 didn’t have a BF until March of her senior yr and they continue to remain an item. As mentioned previously she is very quiet and shy. BF is a talker who has ADD. I think his parents think she is cute, smart and athletic but I really wonder what they think about her being so quiet especially since they are a family of four boys!</p>
<p>No GF here. As I was going over the cell phone bill I noticed a series of texts to said GF’s number that were never returned - that was a month ago and there have been no texts since.</p>
<p>I feel bad for him. I don’t think they were really an item, I think she was being kind and he was getting too hopeful, so she stopped answering him - probably is seeing someone who lives here, not 3000 miles away.</p>
<p>Last term S’s grades were <em>OK</em>, this term they are a panicked <em>I don’t know, OK?</em></p>
<p>Just found the group on FB. Thanks for the tip.</p>
<p>DD is still sleeping. Friends are coming during the afternoon. I told her she needed to allot some time for when we get off work so we can have some family time.</p>
<p>Grades are also starting to come in and she is pretty happy with what she has got so far. Two of her classes she is not so sure, they are her honors classes so we will just have to wait and see. The girl had 18 credits her first semester, so I’m pretty happy she is happy with her efforts so far.</p>
<p>Tree will be up tonight. Only thing up is table decoration I brought back from my trip to Germany. Gifts have been bought but not wrapped, Xmas cards? Oh no, forgot about those. lol</p>
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<p>Wow, you’re good, #theorymom! H, who counts every text to tell D how outrageous her use of texting is, hasn’t even come up with that one. Sorry she didn’t feel that way about your S, but sometimes the girl just has to put a stop to it if there’s no hope for the guy. There’s a younger boy who has a big crush on my D and he’ll text her and she always replies. I keep telling her to stop replying.</p>
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<p>Oh wow, I thought I was the only one that had that issue. My daughter has been pretty clear with her young friend that a long distance relationship is not what she wants to be in right now. They have been very good friends for a long time, so not texting back or talking is not an option. He wants to go to the same university she attends, we will see how that develops.</p>
<p>D2 just texted she is done with finals early and is on her way home!!! I asked how they went and she texted “pretty good actually”. whew! Will see how that translates!!</p>
<p>S2 is on his way home today instead of tomorrow, hoping to beat the snow. That means I need to cook tonight. H and I have gotten into a habit of just wine and appetizers on Friday nights, but it will be good to see him and he needs some cheering up. </p>
<p>His goal grade-wise was to not get any Cs, ideally, but to try to clear the 3.0 GPA mark overall, most importantly. He was an average student in high school (mostly Bs, with a few Cs and a few As; few honors classes). He definitely got at least one C and isn’t happy about it because it was a class he felt he understood and thought would be a B. Not sure about the overall results yet, but I don’t care. I could tell from his emails all semester that he was giving school his best effort and that is all I wanted. He is still very much committed to his major and says he can’t wait to start the next semester to prove to himself that he can do better. I think I will bake him a cake.</p>
<p>S1 has some friends visiting him from the states at the moment and finished his last final today, so is in a good mood. He will be all alone, however, at Christmas itself. He may find that a little depressing.</p>
<p>Giving one’s best effort at college is all we can realistically hope for. I too will not be very disappointed if S’s grades are not stellar but he has given it his best. I know he wants to continue there, so I can only assume he is trying to figure it all out and be the student he needs to be to stay</p>
<p>D was planning to return to school on Sunday to study for her last final on Wed, but with 1 - 2 feet of snow expected here, she left on the bus this afternoon. I was looking forward to having here her tomorrow and most of Sunday, but we couldn’t take the chance.</p>
<p>We were able to spend this AM shopping together and bought her a bunch of clothes (that’s what she’s getting for Christmas, no surprise, but she’s OK with that) and then had lunch. I really enjoyed spending the time with her.</p>
<p>Here’s hoping that everyone gets hope safely.</p>
<p>So S said his final went “ok, I guess.” His last is tomorrow. He “doesn’t remember” if he had papers for the others “it was a long time ago” (within the last week, I am sure). “I don’t have any grades yet”. He is so LITERAL. It just drives me nuts. So I guess we will know something when we know something. Thanks for the vent.</p>
<p>< Giving one’s best effort at college is all we can realistically hope for></p>
<p>I told my DD the same. I think that the first semester has to be the hardest learning how to juggle their time, schedule, doing things on their own without reminders. I know she has told me she could have done better, so I think has learned a little from her first semester. She just hopes to be able to keep the 3.25 required for her scholarship and the Honors program. We will see.</p>
<p>there, there O101. Vent away. I got the same responses along with the “I don’t know! OK?”
We can only hope that someday they will send THEIR little darling off to school and be treated with the same responses. Then they will finally understand.</p>
<p>S is home! Now I have both kiddios back for several weeks – yeah!!! But, as D said, “Who can tell if he’s here or not? He spends all his time in his room.” Not entirely true, but close … He slept most of the way home in the car with H, and is asleep now. I’m on the 2nd load of laundry.</p>
<p>I think both boys might be victims tomorrow of the storm. 
I hope not, but I especially think NY boy might get stuck in Syracuse and Newark. Both colleges have emailed and said they will keep dorms open for two additional days if the kids need it. THAT hasn’t ever happenened before, so the east MUST be expecting this storm to be a whopper resulting in significant cancellations/delays. Why do my west coast boys go so far away!!!</p>
<p>Oh that’s terrible SJTH! H is driving home from upstate NY via Montreal with our 2 as I write. One day can make all the difference in the world with snow storms. Good luck!</p>
<h1>boy is on his way. Just in time. The storm sounds like it will be closing down travel out of the NE coast.</h1>
<p>Plane took off at 6:40. He’ll be here around midnight - about 12 hours after leaving his dorm - what a trip! Times like this I bet he is wishing he had chosen a nearer school.
Wishing safe travels for everyone’s kiddos and that they arrive when expected.</p>
<p>S made it home, ate dinner, and is out to see friends. His school apparently doesn’t give pluses or minuses, which is too bad. He missed the cut-off for a B in one class by 1 point and will miss his 3.0 goal but is confident he can make it up next semester. We asked him what he learned and the answer was (1) studying helps, and (2) procrastination hurts. He says he made friends in his classes but the other engineering students don’t seem to go out much, so he doesn’t see them socially. I suggested he think about that and he seemed to get it. I feel better than if he told me he had done absolutely everything he could and he just couldn’t understand the material, but it sounds like he may need to tweak his social group a little.</p>
<p>We also asked him about getting a girlfriend. I am jealous of everybody’s GF/BF stories. He said he plans to do that when he is about 30. His 22-year old brother apparently feels similarly. I did somethig wrong there, but not sure what.</p>
<p>Crossing fingers for everybody else who is still traveling.</p>
<p>His dad plans to lift weights with him tomorrow and we need to download Windows 7 onto his laptop, among other things. He wants to open the book he asked me to buy him for Christmas so he can read and he has work on Monday. It is nice to have him home. He looks great.</p>
<p>Eleven pages in 3 days?! Egads, I will never catch up!</p>
<p>D has been home for almost a week and we are back to normal - she sleeps until noon and her room is a disaster, but it is so wonderful to see her smiling face every day. We’ve only seen one grade so far - a B in a class she was worried about so that is good news.</p>
<p>Re: holiday weepiness: does anyone remember the old Folger’s coffee commercial where “Peter” arrives home early Christmas morning…Mom says “Peter! You’re home!” Well, my brother’s name is Peter and he was the first of us to miss a Christmas at home. That ad always made me choke up. I just found it online and… yup, it still does.</p>
<p>I am so sorry for those of you with student travelers affected by the storm - where is that magic bus when we need it?</p>
<p>Off to check missypie’s trees on FB ;)</p>
<p>Yes, giving one’s best effort is excellent! </p>
<p>theAnalyst, my beautiful DD does not have a BF. People are often surprised that she does not have a BF. Like NMMom’s D she is quiet and a bit shy until she’s comfortable with someone. Based upon some tales I heard today and last night I suspect she could have a BF if she choose, but instead likes being “single.” She did attend a dance with a boy as a friend. I think she’s the kind of person that knows exactly what she wants/likes and doesn’t settle for less. Truthfully I’m fine with that although at times I do wish I had BF tales to tell;) I did meet her DF, my DH, in college. Maybe that will happen for her and maybe not. </p>
<p>DD and I had a lovely afternoon together. I had some errands to run this morning and some office work to complete. When I came home she helped me bake cookies all afternoon. It was so good to have my girl home. She’s grown. Her vocabulary is peppered with “big” words and funny phrases. Her mind is expanding. I asked her the “best” and the “worst” thing about the semester. She felt like there were too many good things to pick one. The worst were finals week and the fact that she felt like she didn’t make a lot of friends in classes, at least not friends she hangs out with. At the beginning of the semester she went to a party with some classmates in her potential major. She left early because she was bored watching kids drink or something. She’s really not a judgmental girl about that, but she did say it was kind of weird in class after that. I told her it’s pretty tough to make friends in some classes. </p>
<p>I hope all the kids on the east coast, and everywhere, make it to their destinations safely. It sounds like quite the snow storm is headed to the east. The snow we’ll have in comparison tomorrow is nothing, but I’m not looking forward to a drive.</p>
<p>PRJ-I remember that ad. I don’t remember it making me choke up then, but it probably would now.</p>
<p>Snow is coming down pretty hard here. Just talked to D, she is almost back at school.</p>