<p>Thanks cpeltz. It was really nice that H and S2 got to watch the game together. I sat reading The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo that I finally got from the library (can’t put it down) and enjoyed listening to their nonstop whoops, yells, groans, and commentary on officials, coaches and players’ every move. S2 was texting back and forth with friends throughout. This is WVU’s first trip to the final four since 1959.</p>
<p>H ran his 10-k in 42 minutes and a couple of seconds. His chip malfunctioned so his name wasn’t in the paper, but he is taking that pretty well since this wasn’t a qualifying run for anything. He is off doing his 20 mile training run this morning and feels good. I’m going to finish my book!</p>
<p>Hi Everyone - well, after a rather action-packed, fun-filled week, D is heading back to school. (I almost typed “back home”!) she would be very happy if break lasted another week! A few tears last night going to bed…
She’s actually very happy with the school and her major and she’s doing well but it’s A LOT of work. She can’t wait to get all of her non-major requirements over with. In fact, she may take one at our less-demanding local university this summer. She has to get the syllabus ok’d at her home school. Lots of little things to do. She got her old part-time job back for the summer. She also applied for a really nice internship so if she gets that, no summer school, no part-time job, no $$$, but we think it will be worth it.
BTW, she is not eligible for work-study but most jobs on campus require that eligibility. Anyone else run into this? She’s basically responsible for incidentals but how is she supposed to get the income without the eligibility?</p>
<p>Hi guys! CFand I have been in touch via pm thanks for sending her my way. Thanks to all of those pulling for hte Gaels, now we turn our support to WV :)</p>
<p>Countingdown that was a fabulous article and one I hadn’t yet seen. One of the things about the SMC boys is that they are just kids who happen to be on the basketball team unlike a lot of places where the athletes are kept sort of sequestered, these guys are in class with my daughters and Omar was my nephew’s German partner last year. In fact at the after party on Friday nephew was up till all hours hanging with the team.</p>
<p>That’s so great, historymom. On a bike trip last fall, I happened to run into a couple of young women who were undergrads at Colorado College (which they loved, sounds like a great school). Colorado is a tiny little school that happens to have one of the best hockey teams in the country; it turns out professional hockey players. I wondered how that worked, so I asked them. They said that the hockey team was basically completely separate from the rest of the college. I think the actual quote was, “They don’t go to the same school I go to.”</p>
<p>I so respect colleges that have athletes who truly are student-athletes.</p>
<p>woody–similar week here too. d left little while ago, had a great week home, got in the requisite medical appts, one which delivered great news on a follow up to serious concern…we did an early Passover to include d and visiting family from Va-lovely evening.</p>
<p>This weekend my d attended a music festival near us with a group of college friends, so my home was the local B and B ~ I loved hosting them, fresh muffins, mexican omelettes, fruit salad…it was heartwarming seeing them so happy~~great group of girls, bright and openminded…usually sad saying goodbye, but since I will be picking her up in two weeks to attend my oldest friend’s daughter’s bridal shower, I can look forward to a fun mother daughter event…all good…so grateful for these moments</p>
<p>soph s won’t be coming home for his break as he’s off w college buddies to a beach spring break, (we live in South Florida, but they are beaching 9 hrs away– oh well, will have to wait to see him til the summer)</p>
<p>Back in state from visiting D1. She is so grown up! She hosted us at her apt and it was lovely! Saw her hard at work and that was really nice to see her in her work environment.
D2 was down in the dumps as she stayed at school this weekend and her roomie and some other old teammates were once again busted for partying. D2 stayed back in her apt by herself and that makes me sad she hasn’t found others like her. She is counting the days until the end of the year… 31 class days until finals! Both girls will be home for Easter next weekend. Yay!</p>
<p>lindz, ShawSon didn’t get a spot in Taglit. Not sure why as he signed up at the earliest possible time and selected trips that didn’t have waitlists. Who knows?</p>
<p>ShawD just got an email from The College Board saying that she hadn’t signed up for the Student Search Service. Is this is a good idea (she avoids inundation) or did you find benefit from signing up for it?</p>
<p>Today, she and I made a list of 15 colleges for her college counselor. She ran out of enthusiasm at about 9 or 10. The CC asked her to classify them as Likely, Possible or Reach. She hasn’t taken the ACTs as we are waiting on accommodations and will likely take them in September. All we have are PSATs, which were taken without any studying. Hard to say how to classify some of the schools. Plus, her private HS grades with a tough B- median, so it is not comparable to our public HS.</p>
<p>Midterms are done and the '13s are heading down the homestretch to finish their freshman year! Can you believe it?! D2 said she is planning on bringing her winter clothes home next weekend and other things she hasn’t used. Hoping to pack up items and bring them home a little at a time instead of needing two vehicles at the end. She isn’t looking forward to packing up the kitchen!</p>
<p>missypie…how are things with S? Any better?</p>
<p>Guilty mom here but I “took a break” from him over the weekend. Both D’s had a lot going on this weekend. He’ll be home Thursday night for the long weekend. Thanks for asking.</p>
<p>Our kids are advised to not sign up for Student Search Service as you will now be swamped with a crap load of mail from places you have no interest in. I also think that your D’s counselor might be trying to get a handle on your D’s expectations vs the reality of her gpa, scores etc and will allow her to proceed more informed. Truthfully, I am somewhat glad I didn’t find CC until well after all applications were in the mail because based on the stats reflected on this website I would concluded that S was a bigger long shot at some of the schools to which he applied than he was. I became a nervous wreck about this time last year because so many on CC said son didn’t have a safety on his list when his GC has said he would definitely have choices. GC was right and beyond the ED rejection (which we all understood was a long shot), he got into almost every school to which he applied and the two that he didn’t made sense from a fit standpoint in my eyes. I think this was helped by the reputation of the school he attended and the lack of grade inflation (only 4 4.0 students in something like 30 years now). </p>
<p>I think son is probably planning to pack up his winter clothes and would keep them in storage at the school for the summer. Not really sure. And really? Who am I kidding - he has no plan whatsoever. I am still thinking about going out for a weekend just to see him and so I could probably take a bunch home with me if I take a duffel along. I am curious however how his roommate situation will work out. He likes the guy great, but he snores horrifically and son has really had some issues in not being able to sleep even with his headphones on. I worry a tad because my H snores and I swear this is why I am going deaf. They say it can be the equiv of living near an airport - and I believe it. He’s also wondering if living in a suite - despite the upsides - is what he wants. So, depending on what he pulls in terms of a number he might try to get a single, but then will feel bad to leave his current room mate in a lurch of sorts. The trial and tribulations of college housing…</p>
<p>I finally blew a gasket at D this weekend. Relatively trivial stuff but it’s just been eating away at me. Usually we have a pretty even keel relationship but I suspect she’s guilty of frittering away time that could be used productively-- i.e., finding a summer job. Or at least making some pretense of looking for one! I do pretty well for a while, controlling my urge to nag/nitpick/whatever you want to call it but then the urge becomes too overwhelming. </p>
<p>D needs to move away from her computer and engage in actual interaction with people. It just seems to me that she relies so much on gchat, facebook and the like and forgets what it’s like to actually talk to people. They all use google so much for group work that it becomes a substitution for conversation. I am even finding this with my real life adult friends. Whatever happened to a phone call? Why facebook messaging? If you’re wondering what’s up, pick up the phone and call! </p>
<p>Rant over. </p>
<p>Missypie, breaks from children are needed and encouraged for one’s own mental health.</p>
<p>DS comes home Wednesday night for the first time since winter break, and I’m anxious to see him. </p>
<p>That said, my life with the empty nest is so peaceful and relaxed (and my golf game is definitely improving), I can’t say I’m as excited about a whole summer with him! I’m apprehensive that he’ll make plans to DO something, and he’s definitely not hanging out in his room for three months waking up mid-afternoon.</p>
<p>I think a little helicoptering is in order to find out what classes at the local CC might be worthwhile for him to take, as I think job searching might be futile.</p>
<p>Waiting for the garage door repair man. Garage door won’t go down by remote. Tried to move the electronic eye but still won’t work. I hate the little things that go wrong! Told them I also want them to check our outside opener as sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t. It is hardwired so no battery to change for a simple fix. Maintenance work on an aging home is never ending!</p>
<p>Trying to get D2 to schedule a meeting with transfer school to get final approval on credits that will transfer. Everything appears to be ok except for a business class that they want to see the syllabus. I think she needs to meet in person and go over the syllabus with them. She thinks she should just mail it in. Drives me crazy!</p>
<p>Yes, there is something to that, isn’t there! H and I were just chatting about what it will be like to have D home all summer: mixed, we decided. She’s applied for two jobs, but both are long shots. If neither comes through, I don’t know what she’ll do. She knows I’d go nuts if she “does nothing” all summer… Yeah.</p>
<p>Wow – so much to happen for her in the next 5 weeks! Room draw (no decision on where or with whom she wants to live); registration; a weekend of dance performances; budget hearings for clubs (she’s trying to start one); final exams; and, the one that bugs me – STORAGE for her stuff this summer. (I can’t seem to impress on her the need to check this out; there’s apparently little storage on campus.)</p>
<p>It’s really a lot let stressful to “watch” this from a distance; if she were home and trying to do all this I know I’d be a lot more stressed out. And, probably, so would she!</p>
<p>NorthMinnesota: I’m continually surprised at the number of smart, articulate students who would rather do almost anything than meet in person with an adult who they do not know. I guess I shouldn’t be entirely surprised, because this entire group seems to enjoy texting each other much more than picking up the phone and talking – we actually dropped down to a lower level “family plan” for minutes because D just doesn’t spend that much time talking any more.</p>
<p>D just told us over the weekend that her phone is broken in that she can’t hear people talk when they call her…I guess she’s been able to exist that way for some time…</p>
<p>What great service from the garage people! They fixed the “eye” by replacing it with a used eye…no parts charge! Then a new key pad, reset all the remotes for new code, tightened all the other “eyes” and just checked everything for me. I thought the $100 charge was very reasonable! :)</p>
<p>arabrab…I know! Neither of my kids use all the minutes we have…not even close! Guess I should check on dropping to a lower plan.</p>
<p>missy–my s had that on his phone, I found it so funny he hadn’t mentioned it either, we found it was remedied with a headpiece </p>
<p>shawbridge–sorry your son didn’t get a spot…too bad. that happened to my niece last summer, but it seems they get first dibs on the next group of trips. my niece got early sign up and went in December…</p>
<p>I was also able to lower my monthly minutes, with three kids who all text to talk thank goodness for unlimited texting plan. ten years ago my employer Motorola decided to end production on two way text pagers, I liked the convenience then of talking without talking and predicted others would too…and here ya go, but as you all say it does remove that human connection in a voice…but it surely helps us parents whose kids find it a great way to stay in touch without talking in front of roommates, etc…</p>
<p>Life here with the empty nest was peaceful and relaxed too, for those short months. I love my son and wouldn’t trade him for anything, but those parts about them being adults, letting them go, they need to make their own mistakes now… Sigh, some limitations apply, not valid in certain jurisdictions.</p>
<p>Goodness, you’re all making me realize that bith S and D will be here for the entire summer! THAT hasn’t happened in a while!! Yikes! I’m not looking forward to the car arguments, the extra cooking, the crap that just accumuates!</p>
oh well, will have to wait to see him til the summer)</p>
I also think that your D’s counselor might be trying to get a handle on your D’s expectations vs the reality of her gpa, scores etc and will allow her to proceed more informed. Truthfully, I am somewhat glad I didn’t find CC until well after all applications were in the mail because based on the stats reflected on this website I would concluded that S was a bigger long shot at some of the schools to which he applied than he was. I became a nervous wreck about this time last year because so many on CC said son didn’t have a safety on his list when his GC has said he would definitely have choices. GC was right and beyond the ED rejection (which we all understood was a long shot), he got into almost every school to which he applied and the two that he didn’t made sense from a fit standpoint in my eyes. I think this was helped by the reputation of the school he attended and the lack of grade inflation (only 4 4.0 students in something like 30 years now). </p>