Finally, we are looking ahead to family weekend. I bought tickets for the men’s hockey game. We are so NOT a sports-fan kind of family, but I’m hoping we get caught up in the excitement of it all. It does sound rowdy and fun.
One of the things we have stressed to D24 is that you don’t have to be a superfan of whatever the sport/band/ play is, but it can be so fun to attend something that is filled with superfans. I love going to hockey games (esp in a winning season!) because the energy is just so great, but I am NOT a sports fan person. Or seeing a game at FEnway, are we hard core baseball fans? Absolutely not! Is there joy just in sitting at Fenway with a beer and some peanuts taking it all in? ABSOLUTELY YES.
Basically, we’ve told her to not say ‘no’ to an invitation or activity if you aren’t into the actual event, because the fun is had by just being there and part of something like that.
on one of the college tours we attended last year, the guide said something that really resonated with me…she said “I’d rather be an oops! than an “I shoulda” kind of person…” as in, “Oops! I guess attending a hockey game is really not for me, after all” as opposed to “I should have gone to the hockey game”…words to live by, IMHO.
Not as pithy or positive, but an acquaintance once observed some of his best times had been doing things he hated with friends who felt the same.
I’m not sure hate is an ideal emotion, but in my own life, my wife and I definitely place a high value on what we call our “misadventures”. “Oops” works too.
A couple of days ago, D24 said that she’s glad that she’s not attending college in state because she doesn’t want to feel pressured to hang out with the same pack of people from high school. She’s looking forward to new opportunities and new adventures.
She’s invited a few friends over for an afternoon early next week to hang out, watch movies, and eat junk food before everybody heads off to college.
We still need to do the Mama Bear legal forms and get them notarized before she’s off to college.
I finally booked our 1st night’s hotel for 8/22. It’ll be an insanely long driving/travel day. Already gave my slow poke DH a heads up that we need to be on the road, out the door at 5:30 am that day so we don’t end up checking into the hotel in the middle of the night. His internal clock runs slower than the rest of the world when something doesn’t involve his work. LOL. We even call it “Our_Last_Name Time,” but it only applies to DH. For example, whenever we have to leave for the airport, I always tell him a time that’s 30 min before we actually have to leave. That way, we’re not late.
I hope that Greece-bound best friend loves her life—what a great way to drive off self-pity!
The countdown continues here, with the departure for college early this coming Sunday. Here’s a picture of her makeup box, secured for transport with Scotch tape. D24 leaves no room for error! I had to re-post the pic when I realized I’d doxxed myself.
No such pictures from me. There is concern from one member of the family that there will not be enough space in the car. The 3 stacking container purchase yesterday had to come with assurances that really we don’t have THAT much …
2 weeks from today, we will be taking D24’s light sabers off the wall because she’s bringing them with her to college. And it just hit me…it’s really happening. My
baby is taking her lightsabers with her!
Are your kids taking their passports, social security cards, birth certificates? They feel like documents that are good to have for “official” purposes, but I also can’t think many specific use cases….
My D24 2will take her passport, but mainly because she’s only going to be 90 minutes from the border, so I can imagine some road trips.
I would not send the other items. You can send photocopies, if you think they might be needed (like for filling out an I-9), but I don’t trust my kid enough to not lose them.
My D took her passport and social security card. As noted, the things that she would need to fill out an I-9 for employment. I believe she also needed to show proof of citizenship for one of the internships positions and labs she applied for so the passport was handy.
Mine is leaving all of that home. He likely will need his passport for Spring Break but can bring it with him when he comes home for Christmas. He is not planning on working his freshman year so should not need more than his license for ID purposes.
I keep all passports, SS cards, birth certs in a specific place. Mine will not need these first semester. Actually, come to think of it, this S doesn’t have a passport yet; it is still on the to-do list LOL. He’ll just have his driver license. If I have an extra copy of his birth cert, maybe I’ll send it with him, though he may be the one kid that I only have one copy of for some reason. I should probably order more.
I have been known to fedex important documents to my older kids on occasion. Take a look at your kid’s driver license/state ID to see when it expires. For two of mine, they expired on their 21st birthday while they were away at college. Not realizing this until the last minute was a bit stressful.
Dh and I bought s24 a fire safe and told him that as he is 18 and a high school graduate, keeping track of his important documents is now his responsibility. He is taking everything.
For peace of mind, I made photocopies and placed them in a sealed envelope in my fire safe.
Taking the passport as that’s all you need for employment paperwork and she intends to get a campus job. (Photos of ID won’t work for hiring purposes.) Keeping SS and BC at home.
For example, whenever we have to leave for the airport, I always tell him a time that’s 30 min before we actually have to leave. That way, we’re not late.
