Adding: I’m impressed that your D can enjoy college overall despite the roommate issues. It shows maturity and an ability to compartmentalize the problem and not let it spill into every aspect of her college life. You should be proud of the strong daughter you have raised.
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Oh my goodness—this brought tears to my eyes! Thank you for your kind words.
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In our family the “haha” item is a Christmas ornament my my mom gave to S25…she got it at one of those little mall shops that personalizes ornaments, and she had in mind that it would be “#1 Grandson “ because he is the oldest boy…. But somehow the order got messed up and it says “#1 Grandma” with S25’s name in the personalization space. 
. She gave it to him anyway and we laugh a lot about it every year.
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I’m so glad you could order a second copy! I was going to suggest a correction with permanent marker, but this is a better idea. In about 1995 I received a gift from a friend that he ordered from Hershey’s. It was a birthday greeting carved into milk chocolate. But I lived in southern California and it came as chocolate soup. I called them and said, “could I please have a hard copy of the message” meaning in my nerdy way, the message written out on paper…they said sure and sent a new [unmelted] hard copy. Sometimes the companies fix things even if it’s not their fault!
The melting reminded me of another time, when my DS25 was a toddler and had many allergies and had to get most medicines as compounded suppositories into cocoa butter instead of with the other “inactive” ingredients (don’t get me started on the insurance bozos who said that an “inactive” ingredient wouldn’t have an allergenic effect)…but it was always very expensive. Once a whole set of meds melted on the way home in the summer (now in Massachusetts) and were totally unusable and I just called the pharmacy in tears and they said come in and we’ll redo it [for free]!! So you never know.
I also have kept and use frequently, a duffel with our name spelled wrong in a huge monogram. It’s from LLBean and I typed in the name correctly and they said they’d replace it, but that seemed wasteful and I like a little anonymity while travelling. The weird thing is that it was a misspelling that I’ve never seen in real life. Think Jonez instead of Jones.
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And really, who can actually predict the “Class of” future anyway? My kid who graduated high school in 2017 graduated college after a leave of absence and severe health issues in 2023, and my kid who graduated high school in 2023 is on track to graduate college in 2026.
Putting a future year on a photo is a roll of the dice. And @OctoberKate, maybe your kid will take it as a sign that they should major in architecture (which is very often a five-year program)!
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I think this is worth an email to customer service, too.
Oops - I see it all worked out! Yay! I hadn’t see the follow up on this skimmed ahead too fast!
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Although there are some schools where you are always associated with your starting class, regardless of when you graduate. Some of the Ivys do this. I am pretty sure both Princeton and Dartmouth, maybe Yale too? Not sure it extends beyond this small group though..
Your point still stands, of course, but some bizarre nuance and traditions out there!
And my 25 is at a coop school, so they are class of 2025 (since some graduate in 29 and some 30) to muddy waters more:)
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Well my husband DID say that we should keep both… you know, just in case…
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So S25 missed his class registration window this morning. Remember his advisor was requiring a four year gantt chart of his academic plan be emailed to her prior to meeting with her. He did that, and sent it to her, but apparently not until early this week. What he didn’t realize, is that until you meet with the advisor, you cannot get the code you need to log on to the registration website.
I told him that and on Tuesday he told me his plan to email her, point out that their meeting wasn’t scheduled until Friday, but his registration window was for 8:00AM on Thursday. He asked if, since she had the plan and he agreed to meet with her on Friday could she send him the log in information early so he could register on time and… she said no.
Unclear if he’ll be able to register tomorrow since his window will have closed, or if he’ll have to wait until it reopens for everyone. As it is, two of the classes he wanted to take - that were available this morning - are no longer available.
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Ugh. Honestly it seems like it’s more complicated / involved than it needs to be. (And not just at that school.)
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