<p>I know I am being annoying but so excited had to tell someone… D is home in 24 hours!!
Looking forward to having her home for a month!</p>
<p>She has her hardest final in the morning so I know she will be tired when she gets in.</p>
<p>That’s not annoying at all; I think we are all excited like that :)</p>
<p>Sending good thoughts to all the kids taking their first round of college finals and to all the parents stressing right along with them!</p>
<p>rushedmom - only 24 hours! woohoo!</p>
<p>We’re on the same schedule as Creekland, eyemamom, Lakemom, and other UR folks, so my guys get home Dec 20. Neither of my guys sound very stressed, so they must not be taking the right classes! LOL</p>
<p>My son is going to come home on the bus on the 22nd, the last day, as a few of his friends are going to stay until then. BTW Creekland, not only is there a Sunday exam, but if your son has the same one mine does, the exam is from 7p to 9p. That is the part I find strange.</p>
<p>Lakemom, I didn’t actually ask him which one was which day, but I’m thinking he has Calc on Sunday (no money actually bet on my thoughts).</p>
<p>My guy is a perfectionist, so stress is part of who he is when it comes to testing. The perfectionist part could easily make him a doctor I’d want for my own. I’m not so sure about the stress part… I keep thinking it will go away, but perhaps not.</p>
<p>I don’t think oldest knows what stress is with regards to testing. If so, he keeps it 100% internal.</p>
<p>@rushedmom - excited for you and a bit envious ;)</p>
<p>SnowflakeVT- you post made me laugh. D called and she has 80 meals left on her meal plan. To bad they aren’t at the same school.</p>
<p>Checking in - son is also at UR and seems amazingly unruffled about finals. I’m also amazingly unruffled about what he’s doing. I guess PN’s son is rubbing off on him as well.</p>
<p>How have you all done with your 2016 out of the house? I was so anxious before he left, and really sad for the first few weeks, then we came to our new normal. He’s fine and happy and doing his thing, so what is there for me to stress about? Okay, he needs a haircut.</p>
<p>His schedule is set for the spring, and he’s shown himself to be responsible enough to take care of this stuff on his own. </p>
<p>The first October break I was essentially counting down the days to grill him about everything, then came Thanksgiving and I was excited to see him and happy to have him around, now 3 weeks later it’s almost like - oh good, S is coming home.</p>
<p>Attended concert by Columbia U Orchestra, in which D plays violin, last night with W and some other family members in NYC area. We were bowled over by how good they were. Really professional level. All the more impressed with D for having gotten into it now, having heard them play. Conductor is outstanding and was very warm and engaging afterwards. Their concerts are free, and I recommend taking advantage of the next opportunity in the spring to anyone in the area. The night before, we (D included) saw Don Giovanni at the Met, which was a first-time and wonderful experience. Finals this week. Good luck to all.</p>
<p>Eyemamom, I’m kind of like you. This has actually been a lot easier than when I sent DD across the country for college. It’s weird to think he’s so far away, but he’s doing well so that makes it a lot easier. It was great having him for Thanksgiving and I’m excited for next week, but I can see that these four years will fly by. I’m also more okay with no longer having a kid in high school than I thought I would be.</p>
<p>My S and I have gotten into our own new rhythm. We are both pretty low key, mellow. D is the high strung, on the go, energizer bunny of the family. She called us the other night, jabbering a mile a minute, and after she hung up we were both overwhelmed by her…lol. Christmas is going to be interesting!</p>
<p>10 days and counting! I can’t wait to see my DD!</p>
<p>Sending good thoughts to all those in finals meltdown! </p>
<p>DS comes home tomorrow night. Yeah! He will be home till Jan 12th, so a whole month. However, as I think I mentioned before, he has an internship lined up for 3 of the 4 weeks that will keep him busier than I think he will want. I’m looking forward to hanging out with him and giving him lots of hugs!</p>
<p>I’m seeing that DD13, who is in the middle of sending in her last remaining college apps, might be on a totally different schedule than DS12 next year. Maybe that is a good thing! We hope she will be joining PinotNoir, Creekland, eyemamom and Lakemom next year. However, we are looking for “best financial fit” school, so we will have to wait and see.</p>
<p>Good luck to all in the throes of papers and exams. And safe travels to those kids on their way HOME!!! S has two take homes and two “regular” finals. Today is his last day of classes and then he hunkers down until he’s completely done in another 10 days.</p>
<p>In less than 24 hours S will be home (hugging his cat)! First semester and finals will be behind him. He has a final in about an hour and a half and one tomorrow afternoon-then done. Crossing my fingers and hoping he goes into both with a clear head and an “I got this” attitude! I know he can do it, but he over thinks things sometimes. I think he has been studying his little booty off since last Wednesday. He will definitely need some decompression time!</p>
<p>Good luck to all of the kids and their finals! I can’t even imagine at this point in my life. I think I am on auto-pilot everyday so to have to actually sit and concentrate…gives me a headache just thinking about it.</p>
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<p>Well, you know which way we’ll be rooting… 
(I fully understand the “follow the finances” aspect though. Been there, done that, will likely do it again for youngest.)</p>
<p>Speaking of youngest, today, 12/12/12 is his birthday. He’s not 12 though… he’s 17. It’s still kind of “extra” special - sort of - we won’t really “see” him with school, improv club, and youth group tonight (plus hubby has a meeting). We’re trying to schedule gifts an a pizza buffet in there for “something” and will do his real birthday meal when school is out and middle son is home.</p>
<p>Time flies. I am NOT old enough for my youngest to be 17 (not to mention two in college). I’m simply not. I don’t know what happened…</p>
<p>I hope travel goes well for everyone (and finals too, of course).</p>
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<p>exactly! This needs to be posted to the 2013 thread next summer!</p>
<p>geogirl - I hope your D gets into Rochester with money out the wazoo!!! Let us know if she has any questions!</p>
<p>Creekland - does your son have a final on the 22nd? I thought S1 was late because he has one on the 20th!</p>
<p>Good luck to all the kids on their finals!</p>
<p>So DS is home and making final revisions on a paper that needs to be turned in by midnight tonight. He has had a great semester and the grades are good despite pledging and learning how to live without much sleep. He admits that he didn’t learn to study in high school and that this has been tough. I am so proud of him, so long as he doesn’t sleep the entire vacation.</p>
<p>Thanks PN and Creekland. We are hoping for a nice package that makes UR attractive. It is her first choice, for now. She got a nice offer from Tulane, but we really won’t know everything till April. It is so much nicer hanging out here than on the HS Parents 2013 thread! All the stress, which I don’t feel right now, is too much. Not that they aren’t a nice bunch of people, because they are! I just don’t want to stress about ED descisions now when I know we are in for the long haul. It’s nice to “come home” to the 2016 thread. :)</p>
<p>DS just called. He is done. He is packing and heading to the airport. Yeah!</p>
<p>Hey all. Haven’t posted in ages. DS comes home tonight from charleston for a month. He said he is going to do some major vegging. I don’t blame him he has had a hard finals week. Can’t wait to have everyone under the same roof. Happy holidays all!</p>