This might be school dependent, but for D25’s final choices, May 1 at 11:59PM seems to be the deadline.
Also feeling the crazy here. Hugs.
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We have a decision… proud parents of a Smithie!
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It was between Smith and Williams, right? I was really hoping she would pick Smith.
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Yes! Smith, Williams, and Vassar (Vassar came in and out of the running over the last few days). Thank you!
(PS she looked over my should as I was typing and said “that’s so sweet”)
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I am so excited for her! FWIW that was IMO the right choice. Congrats!
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Vassar was in and out for us the last few days too. It was a tough goodbye. My husband said if I wanted it so bad I should enroll 
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It seems that it’s tomorrow night but you might want to check time zone specificity by school.
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LOL, there is always that one.
My D chose the school I really wanted for her all along…and now I’m all maybe you should have chosen the one you didn’t choose that I didn’t really want you to choose but now that you didn’t choose it I’m not sure, maybe you should have chosen it…
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I’m actually super happy for my kid. He seems to be really into his school now that the decision is made -although he was sad when he eventually turned down his offer at UDub- he said that was hard- but he feels really good about his decision.
Now to focus on the next couple of crazy weeks!
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Our school has a grad night thing. I’d never heard of it before, but it seems kinda standard in this area. S22 wasn’t interested, so we just did a “afternoon open house” where relatives and friends could drop by, hang out, etc. C25 isn’t interested either, but their graduation is 10:30am Saturday morning. And there’s no lingering at the location, cuz we gotta clear out for the next HS graduating at 1pm. So, we’ll see if we do the same sort of “come hangout, we’ll have food and drinks” thing, or if the kid wants something different. Gotta get through AP exams, then we have another month of school. (And the seniors graduate 2 weeks before the school year ends…). So, we have plenty of time to figure it out. Things are going to move pretty fast after that, though. 2 months & 3 days after graduation, C25 & husband are flying across country to move C25 into the dorm room.
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That’s awesome! And same for my daughter! I’m the one who is predictably crazy. I am like this with every decision though; I just have to ride it out. It definitely helps to look forward! I’ve bought her some Baylor gear and we are working on her college wardrobe and we’re making a list of things she needs for her dorm room.
And there are little things here and there that give me clues that she made the right decision, such as her telling me the other day how important it is to her to live in a residential college as a dorm (which was not a choice at her other schools.) Like, you’re just now telling me this? 
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Also last I heard, you thought he was going to pick U W (Dub)?
You guys, I am Just So Happy today! With all the drama going on and FEELINGS and so much of everything with my kid, last night was AWESOME. It was senior night for the track team and our last home meet. He wasn’t doing any of the events that might have given him a prayer for the post season, which I was a bit bummed about for him, but he was instead running the 4x400 relay with his three best senior buddies. None of them are 400 runners (yes sprinters, but they focus on 100 and 200), but they ran this together as freshmen and wanted to go out running it together one last time.
He had such an awesome night. The 4x400 is the last event, and because their time was four years old, they had the worst seed, so they were the last lane in the last heat. And seniors were all introduced before the meet started, so we were there for 5+ hours, and I swear, my kid grinned the whole time. When seniors and parents were introduced he got the loudest cheer of the 30+ seniors - it was all the freshmen and sophomore screaming for him. He’s not the best runner, in fact, I think he’s the only senior that hasn’t improved a time in anything this year. But he spends a lot of time mentoring the younger runners - he goes over technique with them, watches video with them, leads them in stretches for warmups and just generally helps them all feel part of the team. After the introductions the underclassmen presented him with a gift (no one else got a gift). It was the largest watermelon I’ve ever seen and a pack of tortillas. I have no idea WHY they gave him these things (best guess, our track is right next to the grocery store and that’s what moved them when they went shopping) but it made him laugh and smile and you could tell he was really touched. He did three attempts at the long jump, and they were all better than his terrible jumps last weekend. All through the meet he never left the infield - he was just consistently moving along the track yelling and cheering for everyone competing, smiling the whole damn time. Then when it was finally time for their relay, he did so well! The coach nixed the idea of them running in costumes, so they all wore sunglasses and matching arm sleeves and their relay went so well. After, as we drove home, he kept talking about how GOOD it felt to take the baton from W again and hand off to D again. It’s been a long time since they’ve been together, and they all just had so much fun. It seriously was the best night and just the positive thing he needs to get through the next couple weeks of exams and dealing with less than great grades and everything else.
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Love this so much!!! Thanks for sharing!
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Oh this is so lovely, after all the struggles, I am SO SO glad he left on a high note! what an amazing night
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S25’s graduation is at 7:30 p.m. on a Thursday night (two weeks from today, good gravy) – and seniors have to report by 5:45 p.m. There will be no formal dinners happening before or after. The seniors have been instructed to arrive with gown/cap in hand, along with phone and keys in hand to easily get through security. I am cringing picturing my S25 trying to juggle this.
It’s at a local arena (445 graduating seniors, I think?) that has a clear bag policy and no food or drinks allowed to be brought in. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for guests – and seating is first come, first served.
Meanwhile D26 will be at school until at least 5:30 p.m. for band spring training. (How she’s going to get home and shower in time for us to turn around and make it to the arena in time is anyone’s guess. PLUS she has her AP Physics exam early the next morning, so, awesome.)
We’ll also have my MIL with us, who doesn’t move very fast, and she has trouble climbing up into DH’s car, but it’s the only car we have that will fit all five of us. And since parking is a whole thing and you have to buy parking passes in advance, DH will put his foot down at our taking two cars.
Oy. I am clearly overthinking, but the details are stressing me the heck out.
Anyhow – the whole thing probably won’t be done until 9:30 p.m. – and I have no idea what the tradition is for afterward. I suspect my S25 will just come home and decompress. Or at most he’ll go to Waffle House with some friends, LOL.
I’ve booked a fancy dinner the next night for just our family, and the following day (Saturday), we’re having a drop-in/open house grad party in the late afternoon for his friends and ours – which is the norm in our area.
Fellow senior mom sent me a funny TikTok the other day where a senior mama was going through it – and she said, “Jesus be a Xanax.” HAHAHA. About how I feel!
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D’s school goes until late June 
so I have no real information about graduation except the date is a Monday and that it’s at the football field meaning no parking. My mom is flying out so most likely my husband will drop us off near the entrance while he drives around looking for a spot. If it’s storming they’ll move it to an auditorium and only allow 2 guests. If it’s just raining we get to just sit outside for the ceremony. This happened a couple years ago and they didn’t shorten any speeches or anything. 3 hours in the rain. I’m making no plans for after until a couple days out. The next day we’ll have the stop in at my in laws house.
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So, so, so happy for him! 
(Excuse me, I got something in my eye… 
Where’s that darn tissue?)
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this would all stress me out too!!
25s graduation seems so sane now;)
Middle of day on Saturday - outdoors no tickets, plenty of seats. IF dangerous weather then it gets more complicated, but pretty much never move indoors.
Parking is tricky, but I think we will shuttle grandparents down close and drop them, and we can walk to school if we had to (parents).
Since middle of day, have time to go out to dinner AND still get kid to overnight event.
My stress, now, is about some steps and new separations in family and how to managed this - oye.
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In our case, the school goes until late June, but seniors finish in early June. I find it VERY odd at a public school seniors finish WEEKS early. I am not complaining but very very odd IMO.
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