Reading this thread makes me realize how inconceivable this end of frosh year stuff was just a couple of years ago! The thread began in 2011!
Excited that we get to see D for a week between the end of school and her 2 month internship. She is going to surprise her HS friends who are graduating this year. I am happy for her and for us because we didn’t think she’d be able to come home until the beginning of August!
OMG, she just got home,that mound we moved in August has returned and it is larger…how can that be possible!!!
The question that must be ponder: will it grow smaller or just be moved again in August :-?
Happy Mothers Day to all the 2015 Moms! 
She’s home, partially over jet lag, happy, and yet I can see that she already misses friends and her new life too. All part of this process I guess.
I am so glad she didn’t come with a “mound.” She did have to move things out of her checked bag though because it was overweight. And, I think her carry on was heavier than her checked bag, LOL.
we want our kids to be missing home (at least I do), but the fact that they miss their new “home” when visiting us is a good sign that they’re happy there
D is home. She ended her spring semester with the kind of hanging out and talking that makes her happy. Lots of promises to stay in touch over the summer.
She is coming with to D12’s commencement and the family roadtrip that will follow.
She starts working the 23rd as a nanny. The 1st few weeks are simply going to be shuttling kids to swim practice after school (I think)
I am kind of jealous of you all who already have their 2015er back home for a bit. D is still in school until May 20 (move out is May 21). She was going to hang out with a friend who lives near school until the start of her internship in OH, but when she found out we were willing to fly her home for a week AND she could actually make it to one of her besties graduation party, she jumped on it. Now we will have her home for a week before the internship, and then back again in August after the internship for ~3 weeks. We are all happy about that (although it may be an interesting car juggling week).
Kind of jealous here, too! S13 has an internship on the east coast and S15 has a research position on the west coast. I think there might be a week or two of overlap when they are both home at the end of August. How quickly the family dynamics change once college starts!
Hi everyone! Two days ago a friend mentioned CC and I realized how much I missed the connections here. I just spent some time reading about all the wonderful experiences you have had. Hard to beleive a year has passed
since the big committment was made.
My D had a great year, made close friends in a small dorm, joined Music Ministry and several clubs, had two unpaid internships during the semesters, decided to double major in Psych and Counseling and most of all remained happy with her decision. Since she plays the flute she has been asked to stay on for graduation until the 29th even though move out is the 21st. She had a LONG winter break- Dec. 12th thru Feb 1st. That explains the later date.
Well just wanted to wish everyone a belated Mother’s Day andd continued well wishes. Year 1 almost done…Wow, that flew. Continued good wishes to you and your families.
@mtrosemom… I have S15 home for 9 weeks. He is working full time and driving there, S18 is driving to school and his own activities every day, and so DH and I are sharing a car. For 9 WEEKS!!! Today I almost had to make an emergency drive to the airport because there was no Uber close when DH was getting ready to leave. I will not miss this when S15 leaves for Spain and study abroad on July 1st! Enjoy your time with your girl
I just wanted to report that a day after my D got home, on her birthday, as a matter of fact, she put away all the crap she brought home, and her room is still clean almost a week later. This is massive growth for my little slobola. She is missing her friends, campus, and having a cafe within walking distance. But she’s applied for 6 jobs, so fingers crossed.
I’m home! I know I have As in 3 of my classes (diff eqs, physics 1, and my Gen ed), and I think I have As in my others - still waiting to see.
D15 is home and the battle of the cars has begun. D16 has gotten used to driving to school each day and having D15 take over the car to drive to work is really going to cramp her style. At our house car priority is very clear: work trumps school trumps pleasure. This summer should be interesting with 4 full time workers and 3 cars. D16 and I will work the same place but totally different hours.
@mom23travelers What i have found when there is contention for resources is to set up some kind of rules or schedule…or you decree that D15 must take D16 to schoolbefore she can use the car for work…
D 15 will only be home for 4 weeks this summer, and S17 is usually flexible about sharing the 3rd car. Also, we plan to get D a car so she can have one soph year and she will be able to use that after we find her one in August. She felt a little isolated in the small town where her school is (with really no public transportation), and a car will let her get out to go explore the area around where she lives without having to beg friends to take her. She is super excited to get to do a road trip across country to go back to school. She will be taking one or two fellow students with her. I remember going on road trips when I was in college. Times to remember, I loved them.
We have the car issue, too. It’s just the two of us and one car. The plan had been that I would help my D buy a car this summer, but that was assuming she had the summer day camp job she held the last two summers. Well, it turns out that although D informed her old boss that she was planning on coming back this summer, that didn’t get communicated to the the administration. So in the middle of finals she found out the camp is fully staffed without her, and now she needs to find a job. So frustrating! She’s taking an online summer class and job hunting at the moment (well, if she’s awake yet).
@bopper good point about rules and a schedule. We’ll have to talk that out. Since school is only 1 mile away for D16 and there is a bus she can ride, and D15 did not have a car available to drive to school when she attended and had to walk or ride the bus, I don’t have a ton of sympathy. It’s just interesting making the adjustments back to being 5 again. Love it though. So glad to all be under the same roof again even if briefly.
And… all my grades are in. I got all As! I have a 4.0 for freshman year!
We are also playing the car shuffle game. S15 is working full time, so he gets one, as he works in a bad area and he can be there odd hours so it is not a good idea for him to be waiting for a ride. S18 drives to school (no bus option) and has after school activities that make a set pick up time hard. So DH and I are sharing It has been fine so far, and if he and I have to have a car the same day S18 gets dropped off and picked up from school. Only 9 weeks for S15 being home, then he heads to Spain for study abroad. We are in week 3 and it has been ok, so we will survive!