@2014novamom my husband works from home and can set up anywhere as long as he has access to the internet. I work part time for him (also fr home) which has enabled us to take some great family vacations since our laptops travel with us. But the kids and I have not ventured too far with him as they have so many commitments between school, sports and jobs that they are the ones who can’t travel for any length of time and I stay to supervise! LOL
He travels to Europe plenty but has never been to Asia and that is somewhere we look forward to traveling together to eventually. But I look forward to traveling with him right here in the US. I have never been north of New York and never to any states in the Mid West. Those places will come first on my bucket list. While it seems so far down the road, the years seem to be going by way to fast!
I won’t be empty nest until 2022. It’s going to be very very different in our household next year for so many reasons, and with D18 being gone… man there’s gonna be a hole for sure. :(( Can’t even fathom the empty nest in 4 years!
Congrats @vistajay on the Stamps invite! That’s awesome!! @S18D20mom I’m sorry your S didn’t get the invite you/he were hoping for at TCU.
D got a surprise invite this morning from Southwestern! She got a really nice email from her rep asking to set up a phone interview for the Brown scholarship, which is additional $$ on top of what they already gave her! I was surprised because D actually submitted her app late (I thought) for Brown consideration, but it’s a happy surprise! :D/
Not an empty nester until 2021 but D18 schools range from 350-2031 miles away. I haven’t watched Ladybird yet but my husband might be having the hardest time. He’d rather her go to the 350mile school that doesn’t exactly have her intended major & will cost the most out of pocket. Oh my…
We too have one last kiddo in the nest until 2022. Didn’t think I would be glad to have the kids so spread out in age but the reality of the second one leaving is sinking in (three daughters- '15, '18, and '22) and I’m actually looking forward to round three of high school with the youngest even though it’s going to be pretty lonely for her with both sisters gone.
Congrats to so many families on this thread with excellent options already in hand and more potential opportunities on the way!
@lr4550 we have the same age spread in our kids- daughters in class of '15 and '22 and a son in class of '18. We spaced them out like we did because I never wanted 2 in diapers at the same time and I did not want to push a double stroller. Fast forward many years and the spread will also work out well in spreading out the college tuition. It was certainly not on our minds in the early years but now we are high fiving that advantage!
S20 is my youngest, so another two years for me. I’ve invited all three back after college if they find work in the area and want to save up for a house so maybe the house won’t be empty for too long:-) It’s a big house but I have no intention of downsizing. I’ve put in extensive modifications for our hobbies (ventilation, electrical, plumbing) it’s taken years and I just can’t think of building another studio!
@VaNcBorder , @lr4550 , we need to start our own club! I also have a D15, S18 and S22, not really by design though the spacing has worked out well. Not looking forward to the one year of D15 and S18 in college together but at least it is just one year of eating cereal and no vacations! S22 is already the spoiled baby of the family, and I suspect is looking forward to getting even more attention on the home front next year. But you know the old adage: be careful what you wish for.
@VaNcBorder@lr4550@vistajay I can ALMOST join your club. I have D16, S18 (was S19, but he skipped a grade!), and D24. So very spaced out. I’m wishing S18 hadn’t skipped because that would be one more year I could keep him at home. He is not at all regretful though–he is ready to be out of here! But my little one will have a long long time as the only child.
@bearcatfan My daughters are the same! Once the drama queen with the crazy schedule is outta here I will have oodles of time for D20 and she is NOT looking forward to it.
I have a 2020 and 2026 so I have got a long time before we have an empty nest. When D18 got her license I felt like I had cloned myself. Seriously I drove 13k LESS miles last year and I can go days without needing to leave the house vs 5-7 evening out before.
This will be my first to leave the house but I have S20. My S20 is going to miss his brother and not so sure he wants to be an only child in the house for 2 years. Everything in the house at this time is centered around S18 I know my other is feeling a little jealous but he has been a trooper “last this, last that, college this and that” I know he is so over some of this. I think once my S18 makes up his mind about where he is going to go it will settle down. Never mind, it won’t be done with until June 2nd when S18 walks the stage. S18 is about to start his last season of track so it will be a whirlwind of a ride for the next 5 months.
My D got an acceptance tonight as well: University of Victoria in British Columbia. This is her PNW safety, in case she doesn’t get in to UBC. Not a huge deal, but D is happy.
I am going to throw up, cry or just run away. Posted earlier tonight my D18 is the drama queen but I gave her a run for her money when I reacted to the crisis she shared with me.
What had become her number one school of those accepted to so far is the only one she did not receive merit at. Test scores factor into their merit awards and her scores did not make the cut. They do have a needs based/merit scholarship program with an application process. This was due on 1/10 and she finally got it in at the end of vacation after much nagging and proof reading on my part on 1/5.
Tonight she finally is checking the portals of all the schools which I have also been nagging her to do since 1/7 when she had a scare about missing a 1/5 financial deadline at one of the top schools she has not heard from yet. I was on a video conference call and she was pacing in the background. As soon as I was off she came at me with her iPad and shared how the site is not showing the application as submitted. She opened up her app and it was all saved but not submitted. She hit submit again and the same thing appeared. A different application for this school had a can not apply because past the registration deadline message. She applied to that program on 1/8 and has an email confirmation for this. Not the one from 1/5. The one on 1/5 she had a better chance so that was the more important one of course.
Possibly a technical issue but what leg do we have to stand one? She has had tons of tears and said she would just take out loans and pay them back . We explained outside of her student loans she has not way of getting loans. I am have a headache and am going to be sick I am so angry. I told her she may have just taken this school off the table but I am sick about it as she is.
For 18 months I have lived, breathed, learned this process. We have done many trips/tours and stretched our resources to find fits financially as well as in all the other ways. Until tonight this was more important to me than to her. Now she gets it and it may very well be too late. Keep fluctuating between anger and sick. I told her it was herself she hurt the most by not following up on things and this is a big lesson to learn. But I am more upset than I should be.
Really gets me because last week when we thought she missed the financial deadline I thought after that horrible night it was a good lesson and know she will be responsible( which I don’t get because she is the definition of responsibility in every other aspect of her life). Nope, but if she had been this would not have happened because that was before this deadline. I didn’t get it until tonight,she calmed down quickly about that school and said then maybe it wasn’t meant to be. Tonight she is sick and now I see this had become her number one. Tough lesson.
Long post sorry…had to get it out. Thank you for reading it through.
@MinnieFan Ugh. I am so sorry. I can imagine the scene (because I likely would have flipped out, too).
Am I reading correctly she DID successfully submit one of the scholarship apps for this school? If so, that’s great. Maybe that’s all she needs.
Could she call the school tomorrow and explain that she thought she’d hit submit back on 1/5? (No idea if this is a Hail Mary try, but maybe worth it…)
Oh @MinnieFan I feel sick for you. We’ve only had one scare like this so far (not as bad, but higher ACT somehow didn’t get sent). It still worries me weeks later.
So sorry @MinnieFan I would be sick about that too! Things will all work out in the end but it is a tough pill to swallow.
In today’s mail was a big envelope from the TCU Honors College. DS did get into the Honors college which is a little like salt in the wound of not getting invited to Chancellors. He still hasn’t seen either.
My D20 is hoping her endless begging for a puppy will come to fruition when S18 leaves for college. Hmmmmm. I think I want life to get easier, not more complicated…but there is a small chance
