@carolinamom2boys, that is so neat!!
Mine is supposed to return from the orientation backpacking trip tomorrow, so maybe we will hear something from her. I hope it is going well, but I suspect she will be happiest once this extended orientation is over and classes begin. She is one that enjoys a schedule.
Thanks for all the well wishes. D was feeling quite a bit better by last night after the third dose of antibiotics. Sheās going to her schoolās Rocky Mountain campus (about 50 miles away) with her learning community for the weekend. Iām glad she didnāt wait an extra day to see a doctor or she probably would not be well enough to go! As it is, Iāll probably need to remind her to actually bring the antibiotics with her! Hopefully there will be some down time for her to catch up on any work she fell behind on.
@carolinamom2boys @happyface2016 Congrats to your kids!
@GoodGrief16 I am in total awe of your daughter. I am such an indoor person that I would be totally out of my element. Hiking and carrying things for long periods of time not my strong suit . I hope she had a blast and made lots of friends .
@eh1234 and @sseamom I hope your kiddos feel better soon.
@carolinamom2boys Between us girls, I picture Henry Cavill! Whew!! He is a SUPER MAN! Hope it works for me this morning
I am feeling quite blessed right now as I woke up to a wonderful email from one of my professors thanking me for my participation in class and calling me an excellent writer. It was literally the nicest email I have ever received in my entire life. Iām in the right place
@HappyFace2018 I had no idea who Henry Cavill wasā¦so I just had to google him.
Oh. My. Goodness. ;
So, Iām finally back home. After orientation and move-in, I spent a few days in California with my best friend since middle school. I didnāt keep up with this thread because I couldnāt figure out how to ālikeā things on my phone, and I really, really like you guys! :x
Texting is forefront here too and NO calls, much to my sadness. I just took a review of our texts and realized most revolve around food. Like mother like daughter! The other interesting phenomenon is my complete lack of nagging. Our communication is so limited, and Iām so worried she will stop, that I keep all my brilliant advice (i.e. nagging) to myself.
Iām worried about a million things: her eating, her sleeping, her safety, her finances, her roommates, her rearranging her schedule to be more intense, her lack of desire to go to social events. All my worry results in zero change but will I change?? HAHAHAHAHA, donāt be silly!
When I think of where we were as a group this time last year, it reminds me that everything will work out just fine in the end. 
Nagging - I accused of that and I was really taken aback. I forwarded DD a facebook post about a student meeting on financial literacy - she does not have a problem with this at all and is the most frugal person I know- but it was free and they were giving a $500 scholarship as a door prize. I said āIf you donāt donāt have anything better to do you might want to check this outā She took this to mean of course I thought she had nothing better to do and that I insisting she go to this event!
@RyanG1207, sounds like we might have simiar Ss. except my S16 has always been a prolific texter, user of snap chats, etc. I know heās texted/snap chatted with S19 some.He responded to my FIL long enough to say he wanted to check and see when mid-terms were before setting up time for them to visit. And then, cricketsā¦typical.
@RyanG1207 @dbjs70 What does ācricketsā mean?
@4kids2graduate It means no responseā¦like itās so quiet you can hear the crickets. (I guess if you were outside at night?)
@palm715 I think that MANY of our kids rearranged their schedules to be more intense! Thatās the nature of so many of our kiddos, I think. The rest youāre worrying about will sort itself out, I think. I get random texts from D, like this morningās: āI also need new leggings. But I can buy those myself.ā Um, ok. But I think itās just her way of staying in touch. She seems to have longer text conversations with her dad and longer phone calls with me. This makes perfect sense since I like to talk and her dad likes the written word.
About nagging-D has asked me to text reminders to her from time to time, like ācall the YMCA tomorrowā or "donāt forget to get that form signed. Iām sure she has that all written down somewhere, but I donāt mind reminding her.
Okay so yeahā¦I got in a little trouble today @3scoutsmom and @sseamom .
Wellā¦she said she would pick up her dry cleaning yesterday and she didnāt (Thursdayās are her long days with classes and rehearsals). When GW has packages for the kids they email them. Wellā¦I texted to see if sheād picked up the package and got ācricketsā. Since today is her light day (one afternoon class) I kinda-sorta used IPhone āFind My Phoneā to make a sound on her phone toā¦you knowā¦get her attention.
Well, I got a stern message back:
āMommy, I am in a meeting which ends at 11:00a.m. I will get the package thenā.
Nowā¦I knew I was in trouble when she said āMommyā instead of āmommaāā¦ you knowā¦like when you call your child by their full name :-S
About thirty minutes later she texted that she got her package. I apologized profusely for using āFind my Phoneā and promised only to use it in an extreme emergency.
She went on to say: āmomma, I know you donāt think Iām sitting around doing nothing just because I only have one class on certain daysā¦you wouldnāt let me get away with that at home so why would I do that here?ā
By this time, Iām tearing up with joy and pride at how she is comporting herself.
Then she says:
"Lol itās okay momma I understand youāre worried and itās a hard transition for me too not having an excess amount of time to talk to you and let you know about my day but know that unless I say something or we donāt talk for an excess amount of time that Iām gonna be okay.
I gotta get a grip 
I think you all are doing well from my perspective. The only real nagging my mom has done is āhave you checked your mailbox?ā But it turns out thatās because she mailed me a letter. I told her next time just tell me you sent something!
@HappyFace2018 I googled Cavill , and Iād have to agree. Iām a sucker for chiseled cheekbones. Iād chase Denzel too, and now that heās a little older I might be able to catch him.
ā¦And D just called me, spent most of the call talking to other people at the same time, chewing her lunch, or saying āWhat?ā to either me or the others at her table. Finally she said, āIām trying to eat lunch, I donāt know why I just called you right now. Can I call later?ā
Um, yes?
Soā¦mineās not a frequent texter, but I did discover kind of by accident last week what gets his attention. Drop a hurricane on him and make him go without electricity for a couple of days in a 93 degree Floridian summer.
Haha @sseamom If Iām ever talking to my mom and there are other people around whether my roommate if Iām in the room or friends/classmates if Iām outside, I usually start talking to people. And hello @petrichor11 I havenāt seen you post in a while! How are D and S doing?
Well, S has electricity now, so heās pretty good! D is in the process of getting things sorted-- long story, but the results are good ones, so Iām pleased. Thanks for asking, @readingclaygirl
@dyiu13, just reading some of the older messages and catching up. I have to say that I am impressed with your degree of introspection. You will figure this all out, I feel sure.