<p>Wow. I can’t believe how much snow you all have before November. After last winter and now this, you might want to join us southerners. Housing prices are very favorable for buyers right now.</p>
<p>Pepper, we only got an 1"! The worst though wasn’t far off just a tad south of me. Kinder, probably got hit pretty hard. That being said, 1000’s in my town without power. We lose it when someone sneezes so not surprised. And our wires are behind our homes and people get ****y when the power co. wants to cut them. Hence…</p>
<p>I did lose a few big branches off my maple and one of my dogwoods looks broken. :(</p>
<p>Amanda, you are so lucky you have power. Part of the problem with plowing some of the roads is if there are wires down the DOT has to wait for the power co to remove the downed wires before the can plow. </p>
<p>It’s beautiful out now, but all the snow on the trees is falling off so it look like it’s snowing with brilliant sunshine.</p>
<p>No cable, which means no Internet, tv or phone/alarm. Thank god for smartphones.</p>
<p>But at least we have power & heat. We only got a couple of inches in So. Ct. I was supposed to meet S1 for lunch since I havent seen him since June, but there was no driving from NJ yesterday, Did I mention he was transferring to the UK and might not be home for the holidays? Now I will have him in the UK, my D in SF, and my closest S2, 18 hours away at UA. I’m kind of freaking out about this. Only 1 will be home for Thanksgiving although we will meet S2 on friday. </p>
<p>Christmas was the only holiday where everyone got together. I kind of feel bad for S2, although everyone complains about family ours is being depleted. The days of 10-20 people for a big dinner are over. It might be just the 3 of us.</p>
<p>Dropping back into this thread after an absence. I think I need AvonHSDads countdown. Haven’t seen son since drop off, and I really am anxious to see him in 27 days. Fully admit to being knocked on my butt with empty next syndrome. I talk to him about 1x week for 10 minutes. He’s happy and found his tribe. I’m thrilled for him but feel a total loss of identity as a mother. I know it’s a transition, that’s all. I know I’m still a mom. But work is sucky right now, I don’t have the distraction of senior year activities and excitement. Anybody have stinky high school track clothes that need washed ? I’m your woman!</p>
<p>Still in need of a Halloween costume idea? Saw the best costume last night so suitable for us “free birds”.
The husband and wife were dressed in brown with fake leaves in their hair. One had an M on their torso, the other had a T. Around their waists they had fashioned what looked like nests (made from those planter type things that look like straw (forgive me I am no gardener!), filled with loose feathers and also some leaves. Get it… “m-t nesters”. It was adorable! If it is too late for this year, there is always next halloween!</p>
<p>@ProudMomofS-S2 just came back from camping with dirty and stinky clothes and muddy shoes. Ill send them your way. 
Halloween costume- I am going to put on Ss football team jersey and pants tomorrow.</p>
<p>Entire town looks like a hurricane hit, trees are snapped in half everywhere, there must be some very excited and happy tree-people out there just salivating over the cash they are about to make getting all this managed. Not to be a cry baby, but I have two trees in front, a plum which is broken in 2 basically and four 50’ tall pear trees in back, all split off about 1/2 of the branches. But sun is shining, some neighborhood kids happily sledding in the fairly mild weather. Hoping for school to be closed tommorow since the schools probably don’t have power either. Look for ds on the jumbotron in the Redskins vs. Buffalo game around 4 this pm, maybe NFL (on Fox) will be better than ESPN at showing the band.</p>
<p>No AK not a crybaby-I lost a couple of very special trees too. :(</p>
<p>We won’t be getting that game in our area-boo!</p>
<p>I would cry over the lost trees. My neighbors pear also snapped. I was pleasantly surprised to see my broken dogwood snap back, though. </p>
<p>We were de-energized for about an hour this morning when they needed to turn off power at the circuit so they could take care of downed lines a few blocks away. </p>
<p>Almost all the snow has melted away, too and I’ll be raking leaves soon and DH will definitely have to mow a few more time. </p>
<p>Amanda, what instrument does your DS play?</p>
<p>To all of you who are dealing with freaky winter weather and the results (power outages, loved ones stranded, tree damage, etc.) - hang in there! I hope that all of your individual issues resolve themselves quickly.</p>
<p>Emily - He plays alto sax and probably has some sunglasses on.</p>
<p>Amanda, I’ll look for him during half-time. ;)</p>
<p>Well, I didn’t think we’d see DS at Thanksgiving (they don’t have a break other than Thursday/Friday) but just chatted with him online and he definitely sounds like he would like to be home that weekend (wanted to know if the dog had forgotten him). Dad is going to drive down on Wednesday morning, hang out for a few hours and then head back in the afternoon. Wash, rinse, repeat drive on Sunday.</p>
<p>Now I’m going to be following AvonDad’s countdown avidly again!</p>
<p>Amanda, that’s a lot of snow for October! I’m sorry to hear about the trees you, Pepper and EmilyB lost.</p>
<p>I’m glad to hear that Bajamm and CHS2011Mom were able to work things out so their kids can come home for Thanksgiving.</p>
<p>We spent the weekend in Philly for D1’s family weekend. The weather was miserable on Saturday, but we still managed to see my sister and her family, go to a museum, and take D and her friends out for dinner. It was also fun to see students dressed up for Halloween. We had a very nice visit with D1, who is extremely stressed with her job hunt and senior thesis.</p>
<p>D2’s BF flew to Boston for the weekend. Not surprisingly, we haven’t heard much from her this weekend.</p>
<p>Hi checking in from a snowy parents weekend. Saturday’s weather was horrible and D ended up forgoeing the Saturday night Halloween party’s to come back to the hotel, cuddle in bed and rent movies on the TV much to her roommates chagrin. Wish I could say it was a wonderful weekend but ended in tears. D is much more homesick than I imagined. Has lots of friends, everyone super friendly and roommates great but says she really misses home and just feels sad, I think she just feels “homeless” as when she left for school, we had not closed on our new home and she has never seen where we live now. Hopefully she will be better after Thanksgiving when she gets a sense of where home is and see’s our furniture and dog in a familiar surrounding and knows she does have a home to come “home” too. I felt like crying all the way home…5.5 hours! UGH Tomorrow is another day!</p>
<p>^ that is certainly understandable on your daughter’ part.
After acclimating to the new house at Thanksgiving, she will
probably feel much more settled emotionally.</p>
<p>EAO - maybe you can send your dd pictures of your new home or Skype with her and show her where she lives.</p>
<p>EAO - we also moved just after dropping DS off at school and he has not seen our new house (across the country from the old one!) and will not until winter break since we are going to him for T-giving. His way of dealing is the old “stick head in the sand” - as in completely ignore that he is legally a resident of a state he’s never seen! I try and talk things through with him but he won’t - and he has refused offers of pictures, skype, etc. So while it’s hard to hear for sure, I’m glad your D could express her feelings of being “homeless” b/c I always think talking about things is healthier. And I do think she’ll feel much better once she sees everything and can have a picture in her head. Hearing the pain is so hard. Hugs.</p>
<p>EAO: I’m sorry to hear about your D’s homesickness. I think that you’re right that she will feel better after she comes home for Thanksgiving. She’s had to deal with a lot of change in the past few months. Hugs to you.</p>
<p>Siemom: Hugs to you also. I guess your son is dealing with the move in his own way.</p>