<p>Well… I found out that at Son’s school, they don’t email until the package has already been sitting there for a day or two. So by the time they email son and son sits on it for a few days post that… there is no point ever sending him anything unless you send a good week or two before you want him to have it. I didn’t even send him an Easter package and will assume there is enough easter candy around the dorms this weekend to kill plenty of rabbits. I didnt even ask him if a lot of his friends will have gone home. Hoping he will call and do the let’s talk to everyone kind of thing.</p>
<p>I baked Easter bread and sent each daughter a loaf, along with oranges from the trees and “gummi bunnies”, etc. Priority packages got to their destinations on the second day. D1 was thrilled; D2 … no idea if she got the box. Sometimes she forgets to check her mail; sometimes she forgets to tell me she got it … Anyway, Easter is one of our favorite holidays, so this is how we shared it this year when, for the first time, neither D is at home.</p>
<p>I sent a bunch of plastic eggs with chocolate inside and 5 pairs of bunny ears.</p>
<p>Well, for the first time in as long as I can remember, we will not have Easter dinner chez moi. What’s the point? We’re not at all religious and there are no kids around.</p>
<p>Oh – on the packages thing – I have a Fedex Ground account, and it gives you the option of having email when the package is delivered (or delayed, too, if you like). When I get the email that the package has been delivered, I text D – the sure and true way to make sure a college-age student knows she has a package. Wednesday I told her that I was just passing along word from the Easter Bunny, as he’d found that his credentials weren’t good enough to get into the dorm. Oh – and I included the chocolate bunny ears. Too cute!</p>
<p>Sent D her “Easter Basket” and will bring one for S when we see him for dinner later today. For the last several years we’ve been driving up to H’s brother & SIL’s for a large family gathering. They live 1 town over from S’s school, so it all works out. SIL graciously extended an invitation for S to bring a friend or 2, so he is. </p>
<p>When we were all together during D & S’s spring break, S watched a late night TV show promoting all the health benefits of eating sardines. He went on and on about them for the next 2 days. So, of course there are sardines and crackers in his Easter basket!</p>
<p>What I’m missing this morning is hiding decorated eggs and having someone here to hunt for them! Even after D was in college, S continued the tradition. H doesn’t seem to have any interest … Sigh</p>
<p>Well, D is home for Easter weekend to recharge her batteries- much needed, I think. There’s been reference to this week being “h*ll week” and I believe her. I know at least a paper on Thursday and a dreaded Physics exam on Wednesday. And a lab Thursday morning. And who knows what else she’s not telling me. So yesterday we just had fun; Friday night cooked on the grill, Saturday did lots of shopping and today we’ll have a repeat of grilling and H will take her back to school. No candy or Easter eggs here - Easter gift is a French language magazine to hone her skills. </p>
<p>Re: packages; D gets an email within minutes of it being delivered and then told it is available to be picked up after a certain hour. Done by the University; never had a problem with her picking anything up. Of course it’s usually a clothing item she’s dying to have that very minute.</p>
<p>Regarding stamps on campus: I work on a college campus, and yes, if I walk over to the campus mailing center, I will pay $.50 for a stamp. I’ve also learned if I walk over to the campus union I can pay $.44 for a stamp. Or I can drive to the post office on my lunch break. </p>
<p>They just recently started charging more for stamps, and I was pretty shocked the first time I saw they were charging extra. I guess in this day of budget cut-backs, maybe it’s a revenue source?</p>
<p>I know that was random but I knew I forget the product.
D1 went with a friends family to NYC for Easter. I miss her, I do easter baskets for both. or Easter box for D1. H get candy. I bought myself some earrings Ineeded for my outfit. I told H he could pay me back. I dont like candy. and dont need it. Mothers day is more important. as far as presents go. I miss the egg hunts.</p>
<p>With both kids off at school, it is too quiet here for an Easter Sunday. Sent them packages with small collection of Easter goodies - fortunately well ahead of time, given the week+ delay in package pickup (between D receiving package alert email from U PO until she actually got there).</p>
<p>Easter always reminds me of my father, who loved coloring/decorating Easter eggs and hiding eggs (boiled and plastic) in the backyard. One year, he hid 2 dozen hard boiled eggs very early Sunday morning, only to discover a few hours later before the ‘hunt’ that the family lab had eaten 22-1/2 of them. We still laugh about it, though all day long, the lab looked like he wasn’t sure whether to be proud of himself or sick.</p>
<p>ShawSon had a visit from a kid from our town and got a ride home with him. Arrived home at about 10 PM last night. Nice to see him. He’s going to work at home and then I’ll drive him back on Monday AM after an early morning meeting with ShawD’s college counselor.</p>
<p>For those who like their PEEPS, there is an actual recipe in Salon today for PEEPS flambe! Kindof like really weird toasted marshmallows. I’d post the link but it is apparently beyond my skill set.
Happy Easter!</p>
<p>DS got home about midnight on Wednesday, and we had a nice conversation in the hour it took to get his In-N-Out and us to get home. I can honestly say we haven’t had a minute to talk since . His BD is next week, so we went out with my brother and his cousins, and he went back with them. Got home Friday night just as his BF arrived who is still here. I’m hoping the Magic The Gathering Tournament they plan to attend today isn’t happening due to the holiday, but of course, they were too busy yesterday to check…ARGH.</p>
<p>Doesn’t he realize I have a LOT of questions for him, i.e., what are your plans this summer? What do you plan to do with storing your things? When are you finished with finals so I can book your ticket? What classes are you registering for next semester? And the one I can get NO answer to - what do you want for your birthday next week? The only response is, “I’m fine mom.” Even offered an iPhone, but he’s not interested…I do appreciate how material things don’t entice him, but would like to give him something he desires.</p>
<p>Happy Easter everyone - no baskets or candy here, but a plan for H, S and I to have a nice steak dinner tonight. Things have certainly changed!</p>
<p>peonies, I LOVED your story about the family lab-- one year my father did the same thing for my nieces only the squirrels got into the plastic eggs with treats inside. Our lab is notorious for eating everything in sight- edible or not- he would have had a field day with those eggs!</p>
<p>This is the first year we haven’t had to worry about the dog eating the easter candy. I cannot begin to count the number of times our labrador ate halloween candy, Thanksgiving left overs (thankfully, never got ahold of the turkey), Christmas goodies and Easter chocolate. Never once got sick on any of it. The dog was a complete glutton, but we really miss him sometimes. Not all the time, but a lot of the time.</p>
<p>Looking forward to Easter lunch today with extended family. Lucky that I have my parents, siblings, and nieces and nephew with my older daughter and her fiancee. But my youngest won’t be there since her school has a different schedule so its not spring break. First Easter without her and it feels empty. House feels different because even when the kids were big and were home I would still the Easter eggs, baskets, and candy. This is the first year DH and I are alone at home. I just feel an emptiness that I know I will feel even more this afternoon when everyone is there except DD.</p>
<p>D has been back at school for a week so we won’t see her. She told us that she would be going to mass twice today-once for herself and once for a class assignment. I can just see her now, taking notes and critiquing the minister. Hopefully there won’t be a lightening storm if she is too critical.</p>
. His BD is next week, so we went out with my brother and his cousins, and he went back with them. Got home Friday night just as his BF arrived who is still here. I’m hoping the Magic The Gathering Tournament they plan to attend today isn’t happening due to the holiday, but of course, they were too busy yesterday to check…ARGH.</p>