<p>Best of luck to your D too, KS.</p>
<p>I think I put on a few pounds just reading those simple dessert recipes. An āempathy cupcakeā sounds about right, lilmom.</p>
<p>Best of luck to your D too, KS.</p>
<p>I think I put on a few pounds just reading those simple dessert recipes. An āempathy cupcakeā sounds about right, lilmom.</p>
<p>ELY ā thanks, that article is great. It says a lot of things that Iāve been trying to figure out how to say to my son, so I may just share it with him. He made a decision within hours of his last rejection, and though I think that decision is quite likely to be the right one, Iād really like him to take a fresh, careful look at all his options before we send the deposit in, and if possible, to visit each campus again (which was always in the plan, but now heās saying heās made up his mind and it would be a waste of time). Iām hoping he will see that this is just a good idea, so we donāt have to play the āweāre paying, so you owe this to usā card.</p>
<p>Great article ELY. Thank you for linking it for us.</p>
<p>Welcome back DB. Happy reading.</p>
<p>^I know how you feel, nightchef. I just want my S to keep an open mind and re-visit a few before making his final decision. (Iām saving the āweāre payingā card for the off-chance his grades in college are not what they should be.) Iām glad so many of you enjoyed the article.</p>
<p>I canāt believe only six posts ago I was feeling chill. I am not feeling chill anymore.</p>
<p>Does anyone else feel like just taking the easy route and quit ruminating about this? The in-state school is cheapest, easist, closest. Why not just go with it?</p>
<p>YDS, here, have a cupcakeā¦</p>
<p>YDS - Or two ;)</p>
<p>Thanks. Is there a fortune inside telling me what to do?</p>
<p>YDSāand a margarita to go with the cupcake.</p>
<p>My D had the same thoughts the other nightāgo to the state school and save the money. In her case, though, she knows that the state school is nowhere near the quality of the other choices. But yes, sometimes the āpick a school and go with itā mentality has a lot of appeal.</p>
<p>YDS ā Iām pouring you a big top shelf margarita. Now just kick back, put your feet up and enjoy. You donāt have to think about college stuff for the rest of the day ā and if you drink many of my margaritas, you wonāt be able to! :D</p>
<p>LOL pmartin ā 2 minds with a single thought ā alcohol!! :)</p>
<p>Itās so hot here, I just played tennis and a cold beer sounds so refreshing right about now! Maybe with a cupcake?</p>
<p>Maybe I should move to Texas⦠gotta love those Texas-sized 'ritas!</p>
<p>Iāve got one cupcake left before I make another batch (truth!) S has made his decision and I am trying so hard to give myself a mental break before moving on to D12. If I were working full time, Iād be taking a mental health day offā¦</p>
<p>OTOH, I DID just buy some chips and salsa that would go well with pmartin and bengalmomās drinks. Meet me outside on the patioā¦</p>
<p>lilmom, Iām struggling to get my act in gear for Dā12, too. Can I have the last cupcake? </p>
<p>A mental health day off sounds good.</p>
<p>My mad skillz are needed once again! here ya go YDSā¦</p>
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<p>Chips, salsa, guacamole, margaritasā¦throw in some live music on the patio and we are ready to party. And maybe some Patron cupcakes - Lime cake laced with Patron Tequila, Topped with Patron & Lime Buttercream Frosting. (Of course too many of those and we may not care where our kids go to college)</p>
<p>lilmom and austinmtmom ā Dang! I am there! I think we all deserve a party!</p>
<p>My sonās grade school had such a tight group of momās, it only had around 40 kids in his 8th grade. We are having an ā8th Grade Momāsā night out. They went to 17 different HSās so itās a chance for everyone to get together and celebrate the kids college choices and just catch up. I still see a lot of these women, just not as often as I would like!</p>
<p>Oh, I am in need of one of those Texas sized margaritas and I know how large they are, having had one along the Riverwalk in San Antonio.</p>
<p>Two days straight of blow ups at our house. Yesterday H rather not so gently jumped down my throat about something I did in error that I thought did not warrant that level of response. S took his dinner plate to the other room ⦠Last night, all three of us were going at it, shouting at a volume that overdid the broadcast of the final NCAA game. We just want to know S is going about his decision making, and want him to shed just a bit of light about what factors are helping him decide. We made it clear itās his decision. Well, just doing this sets him off, claiming he can make this decisions however he damn well pleases, etc. etc.</p>
<p>Work hasnāt turned out to be much of an escape, as we heard yesterday they decided to hire back the department head (who left six months ago to return where he spent much of his career after about two years here) whose people and organizational skills were, well, invisible? No, not that special. Iāve stopped trying to wrap my head around it, or pounding it against the wall.</p>
<p>Oy vey! Got to buck up here and start fresh today. Sorry, itās barely a one dude day.</p>
<p>:cool:</p>